Chapter 2908 Special arrangements

The following morning, the Municipal Party Committee convened an extraordinary Standing Committee meeting to discuss matters related to the suspected serious violations of laws and regulations by Shao Hongli and Ding Wenbo, as well as the case of Shao Hongli's death. The Standing Committee first issued a notice and reached a consensus on the suspected serious violations of laws and regulations by Shao Hongli and Ding Wenbo, and also studied and discussed related work.

The second item on the agenda was to discuss the case of Shao Hongli's death. During the discussion, Vice Mayor Feng Changjun, who was in charge of handling Shao Hongli's death, and Jiang Yunpeng, the director of the Public Security Bureau who was in charge of investigating Shao Hongli's death, were both called in to attend the meeting.

After the agenda began, Jiang Yunpeng, the director of the Public Security Bureau in charge of the specific investigation of the case, first reported to the Standing Committee on the relevant situation of the case investigation. Then, Feng Changjun, who was in charge of handling the aftermath of Shao Hongli's death, reported on the relevant situation.

Feng Changjun and Jiang Yunpeng's reports were prepared in advance and were basically the same as Feng Changjun's report at the meeting yesterday. They highlighted that the evidence at the scene pointed to suicide out of fear of punishment, but did not rule out other causes of death. They also emphasized that clues inconsistent with suicide out of fear of punishment were found.

Jiang Longjun was not angry about Feng Changjun and Jiang Yunpeng's remarks this time, after all, these were all planned in advance.

In reality, the Standing Committee is just a place to go through the motions. Anything that can be brought to the Standing Committee for research and discussion has already been decided. It is impossible to submit an issue to the Standing Committee without reaching a consensus.

After Feng Changjun and Jiang Yunpeng finished their report, they left, as they were not qualified to attend the actual research and discussion of the relevant issues.

After Feng Changjun and Jiang Yunpeng left, relevant leaders spoke about this issue. Everyone was basically in agreement, believing that this matter should be handled as a special case and should not be delayed indefinitely. The Public Security Bureau should eliminate interference and close the case as soon as possible, provided that it complies with laws and regulations.

The Standing Committee certainly cannot say that the Public Security Bureau should directly conclude the case as suicide, but it can require the Public Security Bureau to close the case within a time limit and close it as soon as possible. Now all the evidence points to suicide, so closing the case as soon as possible is tantamount to asking the Public Security Bureau to conclude the case as suicide. Moreover, the phrase "eliminating interference and handling special cases in a special way" explains everything.

Finally, the Standing Committee reached a unified resolution, and the order was sent to the Public Security Bureau immediately.

With this resolution from the Standing Committee, the Standing Committee will bear the primary responsibility for any future reversal of Shao Hongli's case. The Public Security Bureau will certainly bear responsibility, but they have repeatedly emphasized that they cannot be certain that there are no other possibilities, which reduces their responsibility by more than half.

At the same time, the selection of successors for Shao Hongli and Ding Wenbo was also discussed at the meeting. Originally, this matter was to be studied first by the secretary meeting, namely Jiang Longjun, Qin Feng and Tang Zeyan, to conduct preliminary discussions, then by a five-person meeting to make a decision, and finally by the Standing Committee to study and approve it.

However, Jiang Longjun emphasized that special cases should be handled specially, so these two steps were skipped and the matter was directly submitted to the Standing Committee.

Of course, Qin Feng specifically went to Tang Zeyan yesterday to discuss these matters, and Jiang Longjun also naturally discussed the matter with Organization Minister Shi Jinhao and Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Yu Hanyi yesterday afternoon. Jiang Longjun also had the Municipal Party Committee Secretary-General Ma Shanming call each of the other Standing Committee members to inform them.

So it seems like two steps have been saved, but in reality, not a single step has been saved; the entire process has been completed.

Because the procedures were followed, a consensus was reached at the Standing Committee meeting. The Shazhou Municipal Party Committee recommended that Comrade Feng Changjun be appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and take over as Deputy Secretary of the Party Group of the Shazhou Municipal Government and Executive Vice Mayor. At the same time, it recommended that Jiang Yunpeng and Cao Yuanjie be appointed as members of the Party Group of the Shazhou Municipal Government and Vice Mayors. All the proposals were successfully passed, and the relevant recommendations were directly reported to the Provincial Party Committee.

After the Standing Committee meeting, Jiang Longjun, Qin Feng, and Tang Zeyan stayed behind for a brief meeting of the secretaries.

The meeting of the Party Secretary had two agenda items. First, Jiang Longjun was leaving for the provincial capital today, and the provincial leaders wanted to speak with him.

Two vice mayors of Shazhou City are under investigation for suspected serious violations of laws and regulations, including a member of the city's standing committee who has died. Such a serious matter must be reported to the provincial party committee in person and he will be criticized.

For Jiang Longjun, even if the provincial leaders didn't call him in for a talk, he would still have to go to the province for a few days. He needed to make sure he could build connections there, otherwise he might not be able to shoulder the responsibility this time.

The provincial leaders summoned him for a talk, naturally about Shao Hongli's death and the serious violations of laws and regulations involving Shao Hongli and Ding Wenbo. These matters were not just Jiang Longjun's responsibility, but the responsibility of the entire Shazhou Municipal Party Committee. Therefore, Jiang Longjun needed to communicate with Qin Feng and Tang Zeyan before going to the province to reach a consensus and discuss countermeasures.

In this matter, the three of them are a unit.

The second thing Jiang Longjun talked about was Shao Hongli's accusations against Qin Feng and Huayang Group in his suicide note. Provincial leaders also mentioned this matter when they called Jiang Longjun today, and the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection has already intervened in the investigation.

Jiang Longjun believed that the upcoming meeting with the provincial authorities would also be a major issue, so he needed to discuss countermeasures with Qin Feng and Tang Zeyan, especially Qin Feng's opinion.

“Secretary Jiang, this matter involves me personally, so it is not convenient for me to comment. However, the provincial party committee leaders have not publicly investigated me, nor have they suspended me from my duties for investigation, nor have they made this matter widely publicized. This should explain the provincial party committee’s attitude toward this matter and toward me personally.”

"And the fact that Secretary Jiang didn't ask me to avoid this matter today shows that he trusts me too," Qin Feng flattered Jiang Longjun.

“I feel very guilty for causing trouble for Secretary Jiang because of my matter. However, I would like to make a statement to Secretary Jiang and Secretary Zeyan: I have no conflict of interest with Huayang Group. Huayang Group’s investment in our Shazhou is completely legal and compliant. There are no illegal or disciplinary issues involved. Of course, the whole process is open and transparent, and I have not participated in the entire process.”

"Therefore, the allegations that I have a conflict of interest with Huayang Group are pure slander and fabrication. I accept and request that the organization conduct a thorough investigation into this matter to clear my name," Qin Feng said righteously.

"However, regarding the matter of Huayang Group taking over our five major projects, I hope that Secretary Jiang and our municipal party committee can provide appropriate protection. You two are both clear about the background and specific circumstances of Huayang Group taking over the five projects. To outsiders, it may seem that Huayang Group has benefited greatly, but in reality, our municipal government went to great lengths to ask Huayang Group to come and help us a lot."

"I won't go into how urgent and dangerous the situation was at the time. The whole thing was handled with special urgency because time was extremely tight. In the process, some procedures were indeed not followed properly. Our municipal government has been working to make up for it, but there are bound to be some oversights..."