Chapter 7 Section 7 Encounter a tough opponent

The contest between justice and evil has always been an enduring theme in human society. In China, the result of the contest between smuggling and anti-smuggling, corruption and anti-corruption is, of course, that good must prevail over evil. From the sending of the report letter to the approval to the General Administration of Customs in early April 1999, the interval was more than one month. The General Administration of Customs reacted strongly.The Zhanjiang case will be tried in public at that time, and Cao Xiukang, the former head of Zhanjiang Customs, will be guillotined.All kinds of social discussions about customs are surging, and the pressure on the General Administration of Customs can be imagined.Unexpectedly, Zhanjiang was not calm, and Xiamen was causing even bigger waves.

However, the party group of the General Administration of Customs immediately convened a meeting of the party group of the department and formed a unified opinion: report to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and investigate and deal with the major case in Xiamen.Smuggling and corruption go hand in hand.The leaders of the General Administration are also soberly aware that behind the big Xiamen case, the "one-stop" smuggling must be "one-stop" corruption.But dare to face up to the cruel reality contradictions, dare to be the first to operate on the cancerous tumor on your body, and you are not afraid of bleeding and pus.The party group of the General Administration of Customs has shown incomparable loyalty to the Republic in the face of big right and wrong, showing rare courage and great courage.

After the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection received the report from the General Administration of Customs on filing and investigating the major case in Xiamen, it immediately drafted a text and attached the report of the party group of the General Administration of Customs, and reported it to the leaders of the central government in charge of political and legal work and discipline inspection work. On April 20, 1999, Comrade Wei Jianxing, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and Comrade Luo Gan, secretary of the Central Political and Legal Commission, respectively issued instructions: the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the General Administration of Customs are jointly responsible for investigating and handling the serious smuggling and corruption cases in Xiamen, and the smuggling issue is handled by the General Administration of Customs. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection is responsible for the investigation and handling of corruption issues.Therefore, the investigation and handling of the huge smuggling case in Xiamen was code-named the central "4.20" project.

According to the instructions of the central government, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the General Administration of Customs, and the Ministry of Public Security formed the "4.20" task force.The team leader is He Yong, deputy secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and head of the Ministry of Supervision.The special task force also set up a front-line headquarters, with a deputy director of the General Administration of Customs as the commander, and a deputy director of the Ministry of Supervision as the deputy commander.When the General Administration of Customs established an anti-smuggling police team according to the deployment of the State Council, the central government transferred from the Ministry of Public Security to be the deputy director of the General Administration of Customs, in charge of the work of the Smuggling Crime Investigation Bureau. He took office only a few months ago.

The initial work of the "4.20" task force was mainly to evaluate the reliability of the contents of the report letter. Therefore, the work in the past two months was arduous and very secretive. The deputy director who served as the front-line commander of the task force was formerly the deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security. He has more than 30 years of experience in the police force and has a deep affection for public security work.He didn't even think that when he was about to celebrate his 55th birthday, his fate changed. He walked out of the Ministry of Public Security and entered the compound of the General Administration of Customs.In less than a year, he was appointed by the central government again, and as the commander-in-chief of the Xiamen front line, he was in charge of solving the major smuggling case of Xiamen Yuanhua.

It seems that Lai Changxing's fate is also changing. He originally wanted to enter this room, but was assigned to another one.It was destined that he would "fight hand to hand" with the commander-in-chief. It was the arrival of this deputy minister that became a lingering heartache for Lai Changxing, an important person who threatened his survival, and a new target he was eager to tackle.Lai began to think of ways to get close to the deputy minister. However, the information from Beijing made Lai Changxing unable to make up his mind for a while.According to the information, this person is upright and fair, and there is no reason for people in the Beijing "network" to get close to or communicate with the deputy director, let alone intercede for Lai!

Lai Changxing lowered his requirements, and only wanted to have a meal with him, and we'll talk about it later.But this person didn't even give him a chance, which somewhat disappointed and dissatisfied Lai, who was used to calling the wind and rain. At the same time, he felt a little trembling when he met a tough opponent. The strategy set by Xiamen's strategic team is: pay close attention and wait for changes; "Destroy".