Director Zhou, whom Yu Xiao had described as "not doing too well," maintained that he was fine and could still hold out.
After being placed under Shuanggui, he received meticulous attention from Zhan Keliang, director of the Law Enforcement Supervision Office. Three shifts a day took turns questioning him, keeping it going almost twenty-four hours a day without a break.
They gave him food, but no water.
All night, a lamp shone straight into his face.
The moment he nodded off, they slammed the table to jolt him awake.
As the old saying went, under torture, what confession could they not extract?
Anyone who could withstand that torment of both mind and body was a fighter with an iron will and unyielding convictions.
Director Zhou did not consider himself a fighter, because he knew perfectly well that he would walk out of here safe and sound!
Today was the thirtieth.
Hmm, counting the days, it would be either today or tomorrow!
Qingyuan City Government.
Mayor Wu Yongguang was holding a meeting of the government's Party leadership group when the personal phone in his trouser pocket suddenly vibrated.
"We'll take a ten-minute recess."
Wu Yongguang took out his phone and glanced at the text message, then abruptly cut off Executive Vice Mayor Zheng Li's remarks, rose, and left the conference room.
Zheng Li, government secretary-general Peng Ye, and the other members of the Party leadership group exchanged uneasy looks. They vaguely sensed that something unusual was happening.
Wu Yongguang went to the end of the corridor and dialed a number. The call connected almost immediately.
"Wang Zhenghe is personally leading a team to Qingyuan. You need to be careful!"
That single sentence made Wu Yongguang's expression change drastically.
Whenever the provincial Discipline Inspection Commission sent down a supervisory team, it