Chapter 714 - 657 Motive
Before noon, Liu Cheng had the suspect brought back in for questioning.
According to regulations, criminal evidence must be confirmed within 24 hours; if detention is deemed necessary, criminal detention procedures should be processed, and only then can the suspect be sent to a detention center.
Criminal detention can last for 3 days. For complicated cases, it can be extended to 7 days. In cases involving repeat offenses, organized crime, or crimes across different areas, the period can be extended up to 30 days.
All of the above does not constitute an arrest in legal terms!
Arrest requires that the main facts of the crime be ascertained and that the primary evidence be collected before a "Request for Approval of Arrest Warrant" is produced. Only after it is approved by the prosecutor’s office within 7 days can an "Arrest Warrant" be issued to carry out the arrest.
Therefore, if someone has been formally arrested, generally speaking, they can abandon any hope for leniency. As soon as they see the arrest warrant, they shouldn’t even think about probation—it’s guaranteed to be an actual sentence. If someone is given probation after the arrest, the prosecutor’s office would be held accountable; without solid evidence, an arrest warrant cannot be obtained.
The time Yue Hanwei, the suspect, entered the interrogation room coincided with the arrival of Hang City’s Zhengguang Bureau chief at the criminal police team, where Tao Lu personally played the surveillance footage Jiang Yuan and others had found.
In the 42-inch TV screen, in a corner of the video, two people were seen engaging in a fierce tussle, and seconds later, one person was pushed out of the camera’s range, followed quickly by the pusher rushing out.
The chief watched with great attention, repeatedly asking for the video to be rewound and paused in order to clearly see the faces and figures of the people inside, then comparing them to Yue Hanwei, the captured suspect.
After a long time, the chief let out a long sigh, saying, "It looks like the same person."