Chapter 3601

Xia Song said, "I guarantee I will accomplish this!"

Su Xinghui then said to Xia Song and Xing Guodong, "The bloody lesson of the Fengling Coal Mine must be thoroughly summarized; such things must never happen again in the future. All coal mines in the city must undergo suspension for rectification, and safety in production must be strictly enforced. Any coal mine that fails to meet the standards will be strictly prohibited from engaging in production activities."

Xing Guodong and Xia Song both nodded silently. They also felt deeply worried about the current state of the coal mines in Linshan City. This major mining disaster at the Fengling Coal Mine had sounded an alarm for all the coal mines in Linshan City. The coal mines absolutely could not continue like this; if they did, a second or third major mining disaster would happen sooner or later.

The owner of the Fengling Coal Mine, Shi Changsheng, along with the mine manager and the deputy manager in charge of production, had all been taken into custody by the police. The other miners had all returned home because the mine had ceased production. The only people remaining at the mine were some foremen and similar personnel, who were cooperating with the district government in investigating the cause of the mining disaster.

Su Xinghui walked around the coal mine and inquired about the situation. He encouraged Xia Song, telling him to cooperate with the municipal government as soon as possible to complete the aftermath work.

It should be known that Xia Song had been staying at the coal mine for the past few days, and the conditions there were not very good. However, for Xia Song, he did not care too much about his living environment. He had grown up in the countryside and had seen all kinds of harsh environments. He was staying in the mine manager's room, which was already considered the best place at the coal mine.

Since Xia Song had made up his mind to follow Su Xinghui to Linshan, he would definitely do his utmost to be a good helper to Su Xinghui.

After returning to the municipal government from the Fengling Coal Mine, while Su Xinghui was handling official business, he received a call from Wen Guoning, whom he had asked to call him. Wen Guoning happily told Su Xinghui over the phone that he had already led his men to capture Shi Changsheng's two sons, as well as several key members of their gang.

Because this operation had been planned for several days and those participating were all capable officers under Wen Guoning, the operation was very successful. They had divided into several groups and acted simultaneously, capturing almost all the key members of Shi Changsheng's gang in one fell swoop. Now, they were conducting surprise interrogations of these key members, and it was expected that they would be able to find a breakthrough very soon.

Su Xinghui felt very encouraged by this news. If Shi Changsheng's gang was struck down, not only would the compensation for those miners be secured, but it would also be beneficial for the public security of Linshan City. Su Xinghui had always been very clear about how much damage such black-evil forces caused to public security.

However, shortly after, Xiong Wei, the Secretary of the Linshan Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission and Director of the Public Security Bureau, called Wen Guoning over and flew into a rage, asking him why he had acted without authorization without asking for instructions from the bureau leaders, and had arrested Shi Changsheng's son and several senior executives of Shi Changsheng's company. He asked Wen Guoning if he still had him, the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission and Director, in his eyes.

Wen Guoning said that he had received a tip-off from an informant on short notice. The informant had provided criminal evidence against Shi Changsheng's son and these senior executives. Moreover, since Shi Changsheng had been detained by the police, these people showed signs of fleeing, so he had made a prompt decision to arrest them. Now, these people had already provided confessions.

Wen Guoning's words implied that he had the authority to make arrests and did not need to ask Xiong Wei for instructions, which made Xiong Wei so angry that he was fuming.

Did Wen Guoning have the authority to make arrests? Of course he had the authority to make arrests. Otherwise, as the deputy captain of the criminal investigation detachment, if he saw someone committing a crime on the road, would he still have to ask the bureau leaders for instructions before making an arrest? Wouldn't that be a joke? It would be strange if he could catch anyone by doing that.

Therefore, Wen Guoning was not wrong in doing this. However, the problem was that Shi Changsheng was not an ordinary person; he was a member of the Linshan Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and previously, his Changsheng Co., Ltd. was also one of the major taxpayers in Linshan City. Therefore, although the Linshan Public Security Bureau had received countless reports about Shi Changsheng's gang, they had always suppressed them and not handled them. This had become an unspoken rule in Linshan City. To move against Shi Changsheng, one had to ask the bureau leaders for instructions.

Now that Wen Guoning had done this, wasn't he pretending to be ignorant while knowing the truth? Was it because he saw the situation in Linshan City and felt that the times were changing?