Bail pending trial generally referred to cases in which the Law Enforcement Department and the Procuratorate Department considered a criminal suspect not to pose a serious danger to society.
Or the criminal suspect suffered from a serious illness.
They needed treatment outside, and the detention center or prison lacked the necessary medical facilities.
The criminal suspect would remain under jurisdiction and supervision and could be taken into custody at any time.
Under these circumstances, bail pending trial could be granted.
However, while on bail pending trial, the criminal suspect had to appear whenever summoned by the Law Enforcement Department.
Of course... none of the above grounds applied to Zhang Hongtao's application for bail pending trial.
Why not?
Because whether a criminal suspect posed a serious danger to society was something the Procuratorate Department and the Law Enforcement Department had to determine.
Xu Mingyuan had already made it clear that he intended to take certain measures against Zhang Hongtao.
From that perspective... an application for bail pending trial on the grounds that he posed no serious danger to society would certainly be rejected.
But taking a certain stance within the bounds of the law and winning favor with those above would also help pave the way for his future advancement.
Xu Mingyuan immediately said, "Director Qin... in another two months, Zhang Hongtao will have been held for six months. Under legal procedure, he would indeed qualify for bail pending trial."
Whichever of those two points it was, he found it rather hard to accept.
He had originally thought the matter could be resolved satisfactorily, but who could have expected complications to keep cropping up?
That might have a negative effect on his future advancement.
In Qin Xiao's office, Xu Mingyuan reported to Qin Xiao as soon as he received Zhang Hongtao's