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Ding Xiang's expression barely changed. "District 025 has strict laws. Evidence obtained through violence isn't admissible, and important personnel have self-destruct chips implanted in their brains. If a forced interrogation leaves someone disabled or dead, the government will bear a huge responsibility."
Besides, whether they were key personnel at the Alton Company or government officials who might have been involved, nearly all of them had Player factions backing them. Could the Inspection Department just arrest these people and interrogate them?
Even if interrogation devices were used to force out some secrets, whether or not the person on trial was convicted was another matter. The first person to face consequences would definitely be whoever conducted the interrogation. No one would get away with it.
Xu Huo raised an eyebrow slightly. "I remember quite a few sub-districts have introduced emotion-assessment systems that can judge a person's criminal tendencies based on their emotions. Does District 025 not have anything like that?"
Not only did they have such a system, District 025 had introduced an oath-taking process for public officials a century ago. Every government employee had to take an oath every six months. The oath was simple and blunt: under the observation of a device, they had to declare that they had committed no crimes. Anyone determined to be lying would be arrested immediately and punished only after an investigation.
Why had they eventually stopped using this process? It was simple: the vast majority of people had opposed it.
Not just government employees, but ordinary citizens as well.
Human nature was complicated. Who could guarantee they would never make a mistake in their whole life? Especially as civilization advanced and expectations of people grew ever higher—even arguing in the street could be a crime, let alone the little