Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 824 Goodbye Hou Liangping 2

Qi Tongwei also smiled and nodded, without saying anything else. There was no point in talking so much to a small fry like Hou Liangping, as their status was too different.

How many deputy director-level cadres are there in the country? There are at least 100,000. Qi Tongwei is a ministerial-level cadre at this time. There are only 100 cadres in office nationwide at most. Even if some retired cadres are included, the number cannot exceed 200.

This is a gap of a thousand times. It is strange that Qi Tongwei is willing to pay attention to Hou Liangping.

Chief Prosecutor Qin naturally realized what Qi Tongwei meant, and he stood in front of Hou Liangping, blocking him from saying anything. He held the bag in his hand and showed an attitude of being ready to start working. Although Hou Liangping still wanted to show off his network in front of his colleagues, he was interrupted by Chief Prosecutor Qin. He felt a little depressed, but did not dare to speak again.

Seeing that Qi Tongwei had finished reminiscing about the past and sat in the main seat, Chief Prosecutor Qin immediately called on his subordinates to start working, including the one who was still standing there in a daze, originally wanting to reminisce about the past with Qi Tongwei and show off in front of his colleagues.

Everyone present quickly found their seats, except Hou Liangping. The Discipline Inspection Commission sent out a number of department-level cadres based on the principle of equality. Hou Liangping also had the lowest rank in the Procuratorate. Seeing that everyone had their own seats, Hou Liangping was stunned for a moment. He was not a procedural cadre and did not know the appropriate seating arrangement during meetings.

When everyone was seated, Hou Liangping was still standing next to Chief Prosecutor Qin like an idiot. The seats next to Chief Prosecutor Qin had already been occupied by department-level cadres. When Hou Liangping noticed this, he turned around and saw that all the fixed seats in the small conference room were already occupied.

The trainee civil servant from the Discipline Inspection Commission saw Hou Liangping standing there awkwardly, walked up to him and pulled his sleeve, without saying anything, because the leaders had already started the meeting. He pointed to the corner of the meeting room, where there were several stacks of plastic benches, then took out two of them, sat aside, and motioned for Hou Liangping to sit there as well.

Hou Liangping felt very embarrassed. He was brought here by Chief Prosecutor Qin himself, but his colleagues did not give him any face and did not reserve a position for him. But in fact, he did not want to think about his own reasons. He was obviously just a division-level cadre, but he was very powerful in the Anti-Corruption Bureau. He relied on his father-in-law and the leaders of the hospital to build relationships, and ignored the middle-level leaders. He came here for the meeting this time and showed off in front of several middle-level leaders.

It is normal that people don't give him face and don't even leave him a seat.

However, in such a high-level meeting, Hou Liangping had no right to act as he pleased. He just pulled a plastic stool and sat in the outer corner.

Which cadre present was not of higher rank than Hou Liangping? Even Qi Tongwei's second and third secretaries were division-level cadres. Qi Tongwei's several main entourages were bureau-level cadres. Of course, there were not enough sofas in the conference room, and Hou Liangping could only pull up a plastic stool in the corner and sit on it.

Chief Prosecutor Qin just glanced at him out of the corner of his eye and sighed secretly. It was impossible to help Hou Liangping. If Hou Liangping could change his arrogant and contemptuous character, he would have been promoted long ago and would not have to rely on his high-ranking father-in-law. But now he is nearly 40 years old and is still working as a division-level investigator.

Look at Qi Tongwei, who is only three years older than Hou Liangping. There is no comparison between them. He gained the trust of management at a young age, experienced so many important positions, and now has grown to a point that everyone looks up to him.

"Deputy Secretary Qi, please take a look at these two details."

Qi Tongwei took the document, started reading it, and immediately understood where the difficulty lay.

"That is to say, it is difficult to recover Liang Mancang's property in Hong Kong, and it is also difficult to define its value.

Can't we issue a wanted warrant for his son and wife?"

Let me introduce here that the Discipline Inspection Commission calls looking for cash and property of corrupt officials "digging out rat holes" because corrupt officials, like rats, steal food and store it in holes. However, there are also people like Liang Mancang who have sufficient channels to transfer the embezzled money overseas. Such rats are extremely annoying.

For corrupt officials who hide their money in the country, the money will just rot in their own pot and can be returned to the circulation market at any time. However, for funds transferred abroad, the possibility of recovering them is very low.

Therefore, when it comes to sentencing, corrupt officials who have been transferred abroad will be treated much more severely because they pose a greater threat to society.

Chief Prosecutor Qin shook his head.

"His wife divorced him a long time ago and lives in Hong Kong with their son. They have Hong Kong ID cards. It is difficult to prove that they are related to them with a solid chain of evidence. Under the current legal framework, there is no way to issue a wanted warrant for them."

For example, this is the case with Qu Moumou, the daughter of a corrupt official who embezzled more than 300 million yuan. Although everyone knows that the stolen money has fallen into her hands, there is no way to determine her illegal behavior at a legal level because there is no evidence. In addition, she has been hiding abroad and has not returned, so some follow-up investigations cannot be carried out.

The current situation is similar. At least 500 million yuan of funds were transferred to Hong Kong by Liang Mancang, and it went through quite complicated procedures, making it basically impossible to recover the funds.

Qi Tongwei also expressed his position.

"I will not comment on this. The legal and regulatory aspects are not party affairs. You decide."

Although the Discipline Inspection Commission is powerful, its responsibilities are clearly defined. It is an internal party supervisory agency. As Chief Prosecutor Qin just said, this is a purely legal issue. Qi Tongwei certainly cannot tell you what to do.

Wouldn't that be interference in the judiciary? If he was a cadre of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, he could have interrupted and said a few words, because cadres of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission have the responsibility to guide the public security, procuratorial and judicial departments.

"Deputy Secretary Qi, we have another guiding principle here. I hope your Discipline Inspection Commission leaders can give clear instructions."

Qi Tongwei nodded. This was within the scope of his responsibilities. Even the sentencing and how to prosecute, the Discipline Inspection Commission had the power to provide guidance, but all of this had to be within the legal framework.

"You said that if it is within my authority, I can give guidance. If it is not within my authority, then I have to report it to the higher-ups for a decision."

Chief Prosecutor Qin immediately started cursing in his heart, and asked how the deputy secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission could be so slippery, not taking any responsibility but still having to smile when asking for instructions from Qi Tongwei.

"That's right, Deputy Secretary Qi.

According to preliminary investigations, it can be determined that the five members of the Grain Bureau's Party Committee, headed by Liang Mancang, received bribes totaling more than 500 million yuan. The highest amounts were received by Liang Mancang and Zhou Chengcheng. Most of Liang Mancang's assets have even been transferred overseas.

Most of Zhou Cheng’s assets are in China. Apart from his family’s legal property, his personal assets have been basically confiscated.”