Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 1097 The Corruption Case in Yantai City (2)

He has handled many cases, including quite a few similar ones. In many of these cases, people close to him were using the leader's name to intimidate others, while the leader himself was completely unaware of the situation.

An 83 million yuan project is not a very large project for a municipal party secretary. Moreover, a little over one million yuan is not much for a municipal party secretary.

He couldn't help but think deeper.

Yantai City is not only the hometown of Chen Yanshi, but also the hometown of Qi Tongwei, and the birthplace of Qi Tongwei's politics.

This municipal party secretary even promoted Qi Tongwei back then.

Could Hou Liangping have other political motives?

Lü Liang scrutinized Hou Liangping, who was standing on the stage speaking eloquently.

"Comrades, this former Party Secretary of Yantai City is very cunning; he made the deal extremely secretive."

The funds did not flow directly into his personal account, but were instead held by his wife on his behalf, transferred through shell companies, and finally split and deposited into multiple private accounts, scattered across three banks in Yantai, the provincial capital, and even a neighboring province.

Even more problematic is that when Shengtai Construction was deregistered, most of its financial documents had been destroyed, and Guo Jianjun's whereabouts are currently unknown. We only found that he left the country six months ago, and his destination is unknown.

"Of course, we are not without a breakthrough." Hou Liangping changed the subject. "An old engineer from the project supervision unit once raised objections to the quality of the project, but was rejected by a vice mayor on the grounds that he 'did not understand the overall situation'."

Now this veteran engineer is willing to cooperate with us to testify and reconstruct what happened back then.

In addition, there is a deposit of 500,000 yuan in the account under Zhang Min's name that we froze. The counterparty in the transaction was the last corporate account of Shengtai Construction before its cancellation. The timing was exactly three months after the project was completed and accepted. The flow of this money is complete and can serve as the starting point of the core evidence chain.

Okay, that's the current situation.

Hou Liangping glanced at his watch, placed his hands on the podium, and said firmly, "It's getting late, I'll make work arrangements now."

Before making the arrangements, I have a few words to say to my comrades.

Guo Huai-ren is the first provincial-level official I have come into contact with since I took office as the deputy director of this anti-corruption bureau.

This is a high-ranking, well-connected figure with considerable influence in Yantai City and even the entire province.

The investigation may face significant obstacles.

But the more this is the case, the more decisive our measures must be.

This is not only about investigating the corruption of 1.26 million yuan, but also about making a deterrent statement.

This serves as a warning to all corrupt officials: retirement is not a shield, and rank is not a safe haven. If you break the law, no matter how long you've been retired or how deeply you've hidden yourself, we will investigate thoroughly!

"Alright, that's all for now. Each group, please define your roles!"

Everyone stood up in unison.

"One team will continue to investigate the flow of funds in Shengtai Construction and must find Guo Jianjun's whereabouts."

The second group interrogated the project supervisor and former financial staff of Shengtai Construction from that year to verify their identities.

The three teams immediately rushed to Yantai to place Guo Huai-ren under residential surveillance, while searching his residence and office, taking care to protect relevant evidence and avoid alerting him.

The four teams coordinated with banks, industry and commerce bureaus, tax bureaus, and other departments to comprehensively collect information on the assets of Guo Huai-ren and his relatives, and to investigate whether there were any other undisclosed leads related to the case…

“Comrade Liangping, I think I need to interrupt you.” Lü Liang couldn’t help but raise his hand to signal.

Hou Liangping paused for a moment, then gestured for him to speak, "Please go ahead."

Lü Liang said, "Comrade Liangping, if I heard correctly, you just said you wanted to monitor and search Guo Huai-ren?"

Hou Liangping nodded. "That's right."

Lü Liang's expression hardened. "Liangping, is this an order from the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, or...?"

"Oh, I will report to the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. However, it is difficult to investigate and collect evidence at present, so I want to act first and report later."

"Director Lü, I know what you're worried about. Don't worry, the current evidence is enough to infer Guo Huai-ren's involvement. Instead of proceeding gradually, why don't we launch a surprise attack? I think there must be evidence we have in his home."