Under the regulations governing supervision and disciplinary enforcement by discipline inspection agencies, the Discipline Inspection Commission's case-handling process began with clue handling, followed by interview and written inquiry, preliminary verification, case filing review, and finally case review.
If preliminary verification uncovered no substantive problems or clear evidence, the case might move into temporary retention and investigation, or simply be closed.
But that applied only to ordinary officials.
For a provincial- or ministerial-level official like Huo Xicheng, once an investigation began, there was no stopping it. The final outcome was already decided; it was only a matter of time.
Wei Siqi was so delighted because a leader in Capital City had personally called him, asking him to support and cooperate with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's investigation.
After all, Jiangnan Province had once been Huo Xicheng's power base, and many of its current officials had been promoted during his tenure.
Song Yi, Changtian City's CPPCC Chairman, was one of Huo Xicheng's closest loyalists!
So this time, his nephew had stumbled into something that not only spared him trouble but did him an enormous favor, giving him a chance to shine before the leaders in Capital City!
As for the occasional thought he had entertained lately about sending Zhou Yi back... that had only been idle speculation.
He had borrowed the man through his own abilities, and come what may, he would keep him until his term ended!
The Municipal Party Committee's main conference room.
Song Yi, the city's CPPCC Chairman, had suffered a wildly twitching right eyelid for the past two days. His eldest son, Song Jingyan, had been placed in criminal detention by the police. He had pulled every string he could, even begging his former superior, Huo Xicheng, to intervene and have the Provincial Government Secretary-General, a