On the evening of August 5, at the Linhai Province Provincial Party Committee headquarters.
In the conference room, Linhai Province Provincial Party Committee Secretary Hou Xiangyang, Provincial Governor Lan Kun, Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary Liang Kejian, Political and Legal Affairs Commission Secretary and Public Security Department Director Cheng Zhixing, Chuanhai City Municipal Party Committee Secretary Jiang Yunlai, and Provincial Procuratorate Procurator-General Han Dong were holding an emergency meeting.
"Comrade Han Dong, explain the details. What exactly is going on?"
Jiang Yunlai looked at Procurator-General Han with displeasure, his tone distinctly accusatory.
As Chuanhai City Municipal Party Committee Secretary, he had been the last to learn that Deputy Municipal Party Secretary Yi Yingxiang was in trouble, and the last to learn that the Provincial Procuratorate's Anti-Corruption Bureau was preparing to arrest her.
How could he, a member of the Provincial Party Committee's Standing Committee, possibly be happy about that?
"Secretary Yunlai, here's what happened. The Supreme People's Procuratorate's Anti-Corruption General Bureau obtained conclusive evidence that Yi Yingxiang had abused her authority to accept enormous bribes. Their personnel arrived in Chuanhai in advance, intending to arrest her directly."
"Deputy Procurator-General Jiang Bolin of the Supreme People's Procuratorate called and instructed our Linhai Procuratorate to cooperate fully with the arrest. But just as we were about to act, Yi Yingxiang seemed to realize something was wrong. She excused herself to make a phone call, left through the hotel's rear entrance, and disappeared."
Procurator-General Han calmly explained the sequence of events.
"The Supreme People's Procuratorate was arresting Chuanhai City's Deputy Secretary, an official under provincial administration, yet they didn't notify our Linhai Province Provincial Party Committee beforehand. What is that supposed to mean?"
Cheng Zhixing expressed his displeasure bluntly.
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