Chapter 61 Section 61

Presiding judge, judges, ladies and gentlemen and comrades in the gallery! The court investigation and debate have ended. As a national public prosecutor who supports the public prosecution, I have read out in court and presented a large amount of evidence collected according to law. I have questioned 18 witnesses who appeared in court. For the crimes charged in this indictment: bribery, cover-up, and abuse of power, I believe that the court will make a fair judgment on the defendant Wang Changgong in accordance with the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China". The defendant Wang Changgong raised his conscience in his final statement before the sentencing today, which shocked me deeply!Now I would like to ask the defendant Wang Changgong: Do you really have a conscience?Where is your conscience?If you have a conscience, can you cooperate with the mistress Zhou Xiuli to accept 4.8 million yuan in bribes at a time when tens of thousands of unemployed miners in the southern Changshan coalfield have no food and their lives are in extreme poverty?If you have a conscience, can you have the heart to watch a fire being misidentified as arson, and an unemployed miner who is not guilty of death will be pushed to the execution ground?If you have a conscience, can you do everything possible to obstruct the investigation and prosecution of the "August 13" major case by the Changshan City People's Procuratorate in order to cover up Zhou Xiuli and cover up your crime of accepting bribes?If you have a conscience, can you issue an order to Jiang Zhengliu of the Public Security Bureau to kill and silence the important witness Su Afu?What did you do, especially what you did after the "August 13th" fire, in which point did you reflect even a little bit of conscience?Therefore, when you mention your conscience, I have to ask: As a senior party cadre, are you worthy of the ruling party you once joined?As the executive vice-governor of Zijiang Province and a high-ranking national civil servant, are you worthy of the People's Republic that gave birth to you and raised you?As the former mayor of Changshan, are you worthy of the five million simple and kind Changshan people?Over the years, when you made reports on the rostrum of conferences, when you were full of criticism and reprimands from the country and the people, when you gave important instructions on newspapers and TV, do you believe what you said?I'm afraid you never believed it, never!On this state machine of the People's Republic, your very important screw has slipped a long time ago, and fell into the gear box of the machine, seriously hindering and destroying the normal operation of this machine!Therefore, Wang Changgong, I must tell you: the public prosecution brought by me and the Changshan City People’s Procuratorate on behalf of the country today, and the solemn verdict that the Changshan City Intermediate People’s Court is about to issue to you are precisely for the sake of the conscience of the Republic and will not be in the fire in the future. cry!Putting you in today's court not only means that the "August 13" case has come to a successful conclusion, but also means that law and justice have defeated the alienated and abused public power in your hands, and the conscience of the Republic has finally won Victory with tears and blood!

Presiding judge, judges, ladies and gentlemen and comrades in the gallery! I just mentioned the machine, the state machine of our People's Republic.I pointed out the fact that Wang Changgong's very important screw had slipped and fallen into the gear box of the machine, obstructing and destroying the normal operation of the machine.So what about us?As a mayor, a bureau chief, a department chief, a section chief, and a cog with different leadership responsibilities, what is our status in this state apparatus?Comrade Zhao Peijun pointed out sharply and profoundly when summarizing the painful lessons of the "August 13th" fire: Many screws of this machine in Changshan are loose!Very true and very accurate! The investigation results of the "August 13" fire proved that from the leaders of the municipal party committee and the municipal government to the urban management, urban construction, public security, fire protection, industry and commerce, taxation, cultural market management, and all relevant units and departments, all have different degrees of responsibility and different natures. Responsibility.There are legal responsibilities, leadership responsibilities, and moral responsibilities.Among the above-mentioned units and departments I listed, if the leader of any unit and department really took responsibility, this fire would not burn, and would not cause such a huge disaster and loss.If the fire brigade, the Bureau of Industry and Commerce, and the Cultural Market Office had conscientiously performed their official duties, the fire could have been avoided.If Zhou Xiuli, the director of the City Management Committee, hadn't asked Su Afu for a bribe of 300,000 yuan, and hadn't approved the construction of the front house that blocked the fire escape, the loss and consequences of the fire would not have been so serious. The one hundred and fifty-six victims of the "August 13th" fire have proved with their charred bodies that the state machine in Changshan City has been operating sickly!

Presiding judge, judges, ladies and gentlemen and comrades in the gallery! It is undoubtedly a political metaphor in a narrow sense to compare the defendant Wang Changgong and state civil servants at all levels with different leadership responsibilities to screws on the state machinery.Now I want to talk about a broad concept. For the convenience of expression and discussion, I want to compare our country and society to a huge rumbling machine. Compare your family members, and every ordinary citizen outside the courtroom to a screw, and talk about your social and moral responsibilities.You are an ordinary citizen with no power or power, so you will definitely applaud and cheer for the severe punishment that the law will give Wang Changgong.I have no doubts about that and am deeply grateful for your righteous applause.However, I would also like to ask, comrade citizens, when you cursed corruption with righteous indignation, did you compromise with the phenomenon of corruption and corrupt forces?Have you entertained guests and given gifts to achieve some of your own perhaps legitimate purposes?Are you contributing to the rampant corruption?Have you fulfilled your moral responsibility as an upright citizen in this legal country where the people are the masters of the country?Have you ever thought about it: it is your compromise and tolerance in the face of bad habits again and again, it is your kind and helpless infinite tolerance that creates the corrupt soil and atmosphere of a country and a society!In the end, I gave those Wang Changgongs, big and small, the opportunity to plunder this country and devour your flesh and blood!Citizens and comrades, hold up your master's chest and ask yourself from time to time: Is my most common screw loose? !

There is also a slippage problem in this most common screw.Therefore, comrade citizens, you have to ask yourself a serious question: If one day in the future, when a certain power is in your hands, will you also be corrupt?There is a Mr. Fang Qingming in the City Management Committee. This person can be said to hate Zhou Xiuli and the corrupt elements extremely, but it is this Mr. Fang Qingming who uses all his work to get any possible illegal benefits and benefits, even the office documents. printer paper!Where does Mr. Fang Qingming's anti-corruption drive come from?Rooted in dissatisfaction with society, he resents that he has had too few opportunities for corruption.Speaking of this, please allow me to give another example: As you may know, in the "August 13th" fire, a family of three tax administrators from the Zhonglou District Taxation Bureau of our city were burned to death. , undoubtedly the victim.But there is another fact that everyone may not know: it is this young victim who often takes his wife, children and family to sing and sing at the rich man because of the convenience of working in the rich man's entertainment city to collect taxes. !Is this ordinary screw slipped?Obviously slipped, the slip of this screw not only ruined the social atmosphere, but also harmed his own family of three in the end!

In today's reform and opening up, under the condition that career and life can be freely chosen, if you choose your career position, your lifestyle and life goals, you must cherish it, be dedicated and love your job, and Take up your sacred responsibility to your unit, family, society, and country, and you must not harm others or yourself like the tax collector who died in the fire!Comrade citizens, tighten your screw, start now! Presiding judge, judges, ladies and gentlemen and comrades in the gallery! Now, the defendant Wang Changgong is standing in the dock, waiting for the strict and fair judgment of the law. The world-renowned "August 13" case is about to come to a satisfactory conclusion, but my heart is still extremely heavy!Until now, until I said these words, the fire that happened in Changshan at 21:05 on August 13, 2001 is still burning in front of my eyes and in my heart.The crazy tongues of flames leaping into the night sky, the thick smoke rolling around with the flames, and the water mist rising from the fireworks are all vivid and clearly visible.I seemed to see the hideous ruins of the Big Regal Entertainment City after being devoured by the fire, and the 156 charred corpses around the ruins, and I seemed to hear the mobile phones and BB machines on those corpses tearing people's hearts and lungs. The ground rings non-stop!Therefore, starting from the solidified historical moment of 21:05 on August 13, 2001, as a prosecutor general and an executor of national laws, I would rather be dismissed than dare to malfeasance!Therefore, in the days when the comrades leading the Changshan People's Procuratorate are investigating this case, no matter whether it is in wind or rain, in good times or in bad times, and no matter how much pressure and risk there is from the top and bottom, My comrades and I dare not give up the mission and responsibility we shoulder!My comrades and I remind ourselves all the time: Tighten your own screw, never loosen it, let alone slip it, always, always...