Chapter 1490

That day, Municipal Party Secretary Shi Deyou received a phone call, after which he made a trip to Jiangcheng. Upon returning to Yulin City, he called Song Changling into his office and talked with him behind closed doors for over half an hour.

The next day, Song Changling summoned Bai Jingping, the director of the Liulin District Public Security Bureau, and talked with him behind closed doors for over half an hour as well.

After Bai Jingping returned to the bureau, he immediately ordered the transfer of the four criminal suspects—Ren Hualin, Ye Jun, Lou Guangming, and Zhang Yong—to the Changshan County Public Security Bureau.

This series of actions caught Ren Guisheng and the others off guard. They had no other options and could only watch helplessly as Ren Hualin and the others were transferred to the Changshan County Public Security Bureau.

Xie Linsheng was happy now. He had five criminal suspects in his hands, and prying open the mouths of five people was much easier than prying open the mouth of one. Moreover, the transfer of these suspects from the Liulin District Public Security Bureau to the Changshan County Public Security Bureau was a severe psychological blow to them, hinting that their fathers could no longer protect them.

Under this psychological suggestion, prying open their mouths was just a matter of time; Xie Linsheng had this confidence.

Xie Linsheng implemented the strictest monitoring on these individuals. He found some of the people he trusted most to take turns guarding these suspects, absolutely forbidding them from contacting the outside world or receiving news from it. Food and other items sent from outside also had to undergo strict inspections; not a single scrap of paper was allowed to fall into their hands.

As long as they could not receive news from the outside world for a period of time, they would let their imaginations run wild. Once they started overthinking, their will would not be as firm, and the possibility of them wanting to speak would naturally be greater.

Subsequently, Shi Deyou convened a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. The content of this meeting was mainly to resolutely implement the decisions of the Party Central Committee and launch a second "Strike Hard" campaign in Yulin City.

In the past two years, with the deepening of reform and opening up, society had become increasingly prosperous and the economy had developed, but public security had once again fallen into turmoil.

China in the 1990s was in a period of transition in economic, social, cultural, and other aspects. Old ideological, cultural, and social controls were loosening. Under the influence of foreign cultures and lifestyles, while people were being enlightened, undesirable ideas such as money worship also emerged, especially the gang culture promoted in many foreign movies and videos, which led to another crime peak in China since the reform and opening up.

The incidence rate of criminal cases in the 1990s was eight times that of the early 1980s. In 1995, public security organs filed more than 1.5 million cases. Major cases involving gun-related crimes, drug crimes, and organized crime groups occurred frequently. In February 1996, there was even a major case where a high-level leader was robbed and murdered.

This made the Party Central Committee very furious, and public opinion among the people was also boiling; many ordinary people called for another "Strike Hard" campaign.

Starting from the end of May 1996, the Party Central Committee proposed to launch another "Strike Hard" campaign nationwide to severely crack down on a batch of major and important cases with extremely bad social influence, in order to reverse the serious situation of deteriorating public security.

It was against this background that Shi Deyou was summoned by relevant leaders from the province, who said that there were reports from the masses below that a case of gang rape of a woman by children of cadres had occurred in Changshan County, and that this case had been dragged on for a long time without being resolved. Where was Yulin City's political sensitivity?

Just this one sentence made Shi Deyou break out in a cold sweat, and he hurriedly made a self-criticism to the leaders.

The leaders also said that the Party Central Committee was currently launching a second "Strike Hard" campaign, and all cities and prefectures in the province must deploy "Strike Hard" actions as soon as possible in accordance with the pace of the Party Central Committee.

Against this background, the Yulin Municipal Party Committee convened this Standing Committee meeting to deploy the "Strike Hard" work. Ren Guisheng and the others suddenly felt an ominous premonition.

During the "Strike Hard" campaign in 1983, even the crime of hooliganism could lead to execution by shooting. There had been children of high-level cadres with ranks much higher than theirs who were executed by shooting not long after being reported and arrested for holding dance parties at home.

This time, even if their sons were only guilty of the crime of hooliganism like group promiscuity, they might be sentenced to heavy penalties if things went wrong.

They couldn't help but deeply hate Su Xinghui. If it weren't for him meddling inside, their sons might have been sentenced to probation long ago; how would they have caught up with this wave of "Strike Hard"?

Although they didn't know what the provincial leaders had said to Shi Deyou, they instinctively felt that this must be another trick Su Xinghui had come up with, because in Changshan County, only he had the ability to influence provincial leaders.

Su Xinghui made a trip to Mayang Village and told Cao Jingui's family the news that Ren Hualin and the others had been transferred to the Changshan County Public Security Bureau.

Cao Jingui was both surprised and happy. Previously, she also knew the news that Ren Hualin and the four others were detained in the Liulin District Public Security Bureau and were being protected by several big officials in the city, but she had never been anxious. She showed great trust in Su Xinghui, believing that since Su Xinghui had promised her, he would definitely be able to do it. Now, the case had indeed made progress.

Cao Jingui was moved to tears and didn't know how to repay Su Xinghui. Seeing her excited state, Su Xinghui said, "Sister-in-law Jingui, I came to tell you this news today because I was afraid you would be anxious. Now you don't have to be anxious anymore. However, even if the case has made great progress, it is impossible to have a result so quickly, so you may still need to wait patiently for a period of time."

Cao Jingui nodded and said, "Secretary Su, don't worry, I absolutely trust you, and I will wait patiently."

The "Strike Hard" campaign launched by Yulin City began in full swing. All districts and counties in the city cracked a batch of major and important cases and cracked down on a batch of arrogant criminals. In particular, a batch of criminal groups with the nature of organized crime were destroyed, which made public security clean up.

Shi Ronghuai felt very fortunate. Fortunately, his nephew-in-law Liang Chunhua was sentenced early and only got a few years in prison. If he had waited until now to be caught, he would inevitably have been sentenced to more than ten years, and even a life sentence would not be surprising.

Now all cases were being judged heavily and quickly. While cracking down on crime, it indeed caused some people to suffer years of imprisonment unjustly. Of course, this time was still much better than the one in 1983. In 1983, many people lost their lives innocently. At least this time, the death penalty was still more cautious.