Chapter 346: Dying to Survive: The aftermath, dealing with those who needed dealing with
As for what would happen next to Zhang Xiaojun, He Wenjie, Jiang Feng, Li Fei, and the others.
And how to make them face the legal punishment they deserved.
This matter was simple in one sense, but complicated in another.
Ultimately, it depended on how it was handled.
Previously...
The requests for supervisory review submitted against these people had been ineffective.
The first thing to consider was why they had been ineffective.
First.
The supervisory review of Zhang Xiaojun and He Wenjie had been handled by Baichuan County's Supervisory Review Department.
According to Xie Hui, the judicial environment in Baichuan County had never been particularly good.
Under those circumstances, the supervisory review of Zhang Xiaojun and He Wenjie naturally would not produce much in the way of results.
Furthermore, when the request for supervisory review was submitted, the outcome of Xia Mingyuan's retrial had not yet been announced.
In other words...
At the time, Xia Mingyuan had not yet been acquitted.
Now...
Xia Mingyuan had been acquitted.
And the court had found that Wu Yan, He Juan, and Li Bing had indeed falsely accused and framed Xia Mingyuan.
Then how had Xia Mingyuan been found guilty back then...
And how had the false accusations made by Wu Yan, He Juan, and Li Bing been accepted as grounds for opening a case?
Why had the case-filing process and the prosecution's review failed to uncover that Wu Yan and the others had given false statements, and that their accusations against Xia Mingyuan amounted to false accusation and framing?
These were all questions for which accountability could be sought.
The relevant departments could be asked to investigate the corresponding responsibilities...
Especially those of the personnel involved in filing the