The police have a strict set of standards and protocols for conducting investigations.
For instance, when conducting interviews and gathering evidence, it generally requires the presence of at least two police officers for the evidence to be considered valid.
Thus, although the clues provided by Luo Fei could convince the internal staff, they cannot be directly used as evidence.
This is why Zhao Donglai asked everyone to conduct another round of interviews.
While they were taking action, Zheng Changjun was also busy on his end.
He imdiately called for an urgent eting with several personnel, including deputy directors Jiang Chuang and Zhu Rong.
Everyone realized the gravity of the situation.
"Director Zheng, I believe the priority now is to first determine whether Guo Jing was indeed misjudged."
"That’s right. rely relying on the words of Zhao Donglai and others proves nothing. We still need to retrieve all the case files and evidence back to the police team for re-examination."
"If it turns out to be a misjudgnt, then we must investigate, hold accountable, and apologize as necessary..."
"I agree with this approach."
"I do too..."
Seeing that everyone agreed, Zheng Changjun quickly made so arrangents, then dialed Zhao Donglai’s number.
"Donglai, go to the prosecutor’s office imdiately."
"I’ve already had soone explain the situation over there. Get all the files and records related to Guo Jing, verify everything you ntioned, and see where the problem lies."
"Also, interrogate Guo Jing at once. We must have an accurate result by tomorrow morning!"
At that mont, Zhao Donglai had just left Guo Tianlai’s house.
After hanging up, he imdiately said to Luo Fei, "Luo Fei, let’s head to the prosecutor’s office."
"Has Director Zheng’s side reached a conclusion?"
"Yes, they want us to verify the situation clearly by tonight."
Hearing the urgency of the ti, Luo Fei also beca anxious, "Then we must hurry."
As they spoke, the two quickly got into the car, with Luo Fei driving straight to the prosecutor’s office.
On the way, he rembered sothing, "Captain Zhao, call Team Leader Liao and ask them to visit the supermarket where the first victim, Zhang Yanhua, works for more information. She was still at work when I went this afternoon."
"Alright."
anwhile, the prosecutor’s office had also received the news.
Upon hearing that it might be a wrongful case, the staff over there were also quite startled, since it involves accountability.
Therefore, without any complicated procedures, after having Zhao Donglai sign, they handed over all the related materials to them.
After obtaining the files, the two quickly hurried back.
By then, Zhou Fan had already briefed everyone about the situation.
Everyone sat in their respective offices, anxious and uneasy.
In today’s world of ever-improving criminal investigation technology, misjudgnts and wrongful cases are rare.
But when they do occur, they are significant issues.
From the police chief to everyone involved in the case, all might be held accountable.
One can imagine the enormity of the blunder.
When Zhao Donglai returned, he imdiately sensed the poor mood of everyone present.
However, he didn’t have ti to comfort them. Instead, he said to Zhou Fan, "Notify everyone to gather in the conference room imdiately!"
Five minutes later, aside from He Xin and three others who had already gone ho, all remaining mbers of the police team were present, including the technical squad and the K9 unit.
Seeing everyone’s grim faces, Zhao Donglai cleared his throat, "I suppose Zhou Fan has already briefed you, so I won’t elaborate further."
"The bureau requires us to confirm an accurate result before tomorrow morning, so everyone will have to work overti tonight."
"Also, Luo Fei and I have brought back all the files related to the case. Each group will take responsibility for a portion, comparing the circumstances Luo Fei found today with the records on file, and identifying any discrepancies."
After speaking, Zhao Donglai distributed the files.
Soon, each group had a copy of the interview records.
Since Luo Fei currently didn’t have team mbers, he naturally tead up with Zhao Donglai.
The two of them focused on the transcript related to Guo Tianlai.
The docunt wasn’t long; they finished reading it in a few minutes.
As expected, regarding Guo Jing’s allowance, the record only noted amounts ranging from tens to one hundred each month.
But during the questioning of Guo Tianlai earlier, Zhao Donglai had specifically confird, just to be cautious, how he had answered this question when being interviewed by Wang Tao and Zhou Lei.
The response was clear; he had ntioned that Guo Jing received a monthly living allowance of eight hundred.
So Wang Tao and Zhou Lei had indeed tampered with the records!
Suppressing his anger, Zhao Donglai looked at Zhou Fan, "Zhou Fan, what did you find on your end?"
Zhou Fan’s group was responsible for principal Zhou Fang’s interview notes.
"Captain Zhao, we’ve finished reviewing. Apart from indicating that Guo Jing’s family was in a poor financial situation and she was quite frugal, there were no records of her rejecting poverty assistance or running errands for classmates as Leader Luo ntioned."
Hearing this, Zhao Donglai slamd a fist on the desk in frustration, "How did these two even manage to stay with the police force for so many years!"
One could understand Wang Tao, for his words and actions always hinted at a lack of reliability.
But Zhou Lei, having been a team leader for years, was equally erratic in his work!
No one dared to respond, and the conference room remained silent.
They too couldn’t fathom why Zhou Lei, known for his excellent performance, would make such a mistake.
It was like he was suddenly afflicted by so mysterious power that diminished his intellect.
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