Chapter 174 pardon

As early as 1944, the Chongqing government hinted that "those with lesser cases" in the Wang puppet regime might be pardoned.The most prominent example of amnesty among them was Chiang Kai-shek's change of Zhou Fohai's death sentence to life imprisonment on March 26, 1947.Less than a year later, Zhou Fohai died in Laohuqiao Prison in Nanjing, but lived 11 months longer because of his efforts to help Dai Li during the war and maintain order in the lower Yangtze region after the Japanese surrender. In the early days of dealing with wartime debts, Dai Li personally pardoned a number of prominent traitors, including several notorious secret agents who had worked for the puppet government's intelligence services.In some cases, such as the imprisoned "Manchukuo" movie star Li Xianglan, Dai Li treated them "tenderly" and gave them various special treatment.In other cases, he sent them to live in the United States through SACO.His most notorious meddling involved Cantonese traitors connected to Wang Jingwei's widow, Chen Bijun.These people, all local councilors, were imprisoned by He Yingqin at the request of other councilors who exposed their treasonous behavior.However, Dai Li claimed that they were "underground heroes" who made "great achievements" in the secret war of resistance, and transferred these "traitors" to the guest house of the military command, allowing them to live a luxurious life in "prison" and enjoy various discounts. Tried and not punished.

In the end, about 2,720 military and political leaders of the Wang Jingwei regime were executed, and about 2,300 were sentenced to life imprisonment.