Diary of a Criminal Investigator

It can be said that the rise of Songbei Mining was actually built upon the mining accident back in those days.

However, unlike other mining companies’ accidents, the mining accident of Songbei Mining made it a model enterprise for safe production.

Furthermore, after Songbei Mining was taken over by Wang Fugui, he stabilized a large number of employees working in mining, contributing a lot to stability at that time.

So, over the years, Songbei Mining has been developing smoothly and orderly, with a trend towards rapid expansion.

Songbei Mining is not monolithic; back then, Wang Fugui and four others from his village jointly contracted Songbei Mining.

Now, after so many years, three of the five have aged and are about to reach retirement age, making the election of Songbei Mining’s successors a problem.

However, among these five founders, there are still two who are just over 40, in the prime of their lives, so retirement is unlikely.

But Wang Fugui’s son is also in his thirties this year, and although he isn’t a founder, it’s possible for him to take over Northeast Mining.

A few people had nothing to do and were relaxing and chatting in the office; they were mostly discussing hearsay.

What’s happening inside Songbei Mining doesn’t relate to Lu Chuan and the others; they are concerned with the skeleton case under the Lion Mountain Bridge.

The focus is the murder case of Wang Mingshan; as long as the case is cracked, Lu Chuan and the others don’t care much about other matters.

As for how many people are implicated at what level behind this case, in Lu Chuan and the others’ view, if you’ve broken the law, then you should be caught.

And just like Liu Guodong said, did no one really die in the mining accident back then?

Should the case continue to be investigated in depth?

Once Qin Yong returns, everything should be clearer.

Meanwhile, the forensic lab continues organizing the skeletons.

For Shen Yan, this is a rare learning opportunity; forensic doctors don’t often have opportunities to learn about handling skeletons, apart from studying this in college, the chance in daily work is quite small.

Eight skeletons provide a rare opportunity for learning and comparison, even Wang Changjiang has never seen so many skeletons before, making this an invaluable practical experience for him too.

In the lab, they compared with the skeleton identification analysis report issued by Lu Chuan, and combined with the actual condition of the skeletons, all the things Shen Yan learned in classes before got verified here.

On the other side, the action team began to bustle with noise and activity.

With Qin Yong’s arrangement, the entire action team mobilized, police sirens blared, and dozens of people swarmed into North Second Lane on Qingguo Road and the No. 94 Market.

In North Second Lane on Qingguo Road, there are 43 small workshops; two police cars blocked the east and west entrances.

Passing vehicles were strictly checked, and vehicles from the inner alley were not allowed to leave temporarily.

Zhang Hui led two teams, thoroughly searching one by one from start to finish.

The situation at the No. 94 Market was the same; all the detectives carried photos of the tow truck driver monitored at North Mountain Parking Lot, comparing at each stall.

"Where’s the boss of this stall?"

"You mean Old Mo? He said he went back to his hometown a few days ago and hasn’t opened the stall recently."

Detectives conducting the investigation silently recorded the relevant situation and proceeded with household-to-household comparison.

The area of the No. 94 Market is large; even with dozens of people doing comparisons, it isn’t something that can be completed quickly, and the same goes for North Second Lane on Qingguo Road.

At the Criminal Investigation Team, Qin Yong came back a bit later than expected, having stayed with the superiors for about three hours.

But the news he finally brought back was exciting.

The clues and video left by Wang Mingshan five years ago brought back by Lu Chuan and others were sufficient to take criminal actions against Song Junwu and Wang Fugui.

The authorities have also made the final decision, using this criminal case as a breakthrough to interrogate Wang Fugui and Song Junwu.

Songbei Mining’s office building.

The ear-piercing police sirens, like thunder, startled all the management of Songbei Mining.

In recent years, Songbei Mining’s rapid expansion has accrued profit in the hundreds of billions, and it had long built its office building in the most prosperous area of Haizhou City.

Songbei Mining’s conference room number one.

"Wang Fugui, you are suspected of intentional homicide, bribery, and illegal detention crimes. This is the arrest warrant!"

Wang Fugui was taken away during an internal shareholders’ meeting of Songbei Mining.

Also taken away was Song Junwu, the general manager of Songbei Mining’s transportation company, who is Wang Fugui’s brother-in-law.

This arrest was personally led by Qin Yong.

Wang Fugui and Song Junwu turned blue with anger when they were arrested, but said nothing.

Other important shareholders, especially the other four who conquered the business world with Wang Fugui back then, also looked grim.

When Wang Fugui was around or about to retire, they still fought for power and control for Songbei Mining’s future.

However, when Wang Fugui was truly arrested and trouble arose, few of them might escape unscathed.

When criminal offenses and economic crimes occur simultaneously, criminal case interrogations hold priority.

Wang Fugui’s case is partly a criminal case and partly an economic case. Instructions have been given from above for the economic crime investigation to be managed by the Economic Investigation Brigade.

This side of the Criminal Investigation Team mainly focuses on investigating criminal cases.

"Wang Fugui, tell us, how do you explain this video?"

Qin Yong personally interrogated Wang Fugui and directly played the video left by Wang Mingshan back then after sitting down.

Given Wang Fugui’s insight or background, ordinary interrogation methods wouldn’t be effective.

The usual interrogation techniques are not suitable or effective for Wang Fugui.

For example, when faced with an interrogation, Wang Fugui would say nothing except, "I want to see my lawyer."

Qin Yong took the video out directly, also to facilitate the interrogation process better.

"Wang Fugui, you might not fully understand the legal interrogation procedures."

"If you’re involved in economic crimes alone, your lawyer can participate in your questioning, but now you’re involved in a criminal case, involving a homicide, and there’s video and audio proving your involvement in the murder case."

"Furthermore, you murdered a police officer!"

"Wang Fugui, do you know the penalty for killing a police officer?"

"Let’s not mention your little bit of dirty money or your connections in Haizhou City. With this video, no one can save you."

"You may choose to say nothing, but not speaking does not mean we can’t convict you. The skeleton of this police officer has been found, confirming he was indeed murdered, meaning the authenticity of this video is unquestionable."

"Additionally, you could bet whether your little brother-in-law, Song Junwu, will confess..."