According to a cover news report on January 27, in January 2019, Liu Yanbo, the current police officer in Handan District, Handan City, Hebei Province, submitted a state compensation application to the Qiaodong District People's Court of Zhangjiakou City in accordance with the law.

Five years ago, he and his colleague Sun Mengmeng investigated a fraud case. The suspect was eventually released by the political and legal department of another place. As investigators, they lost their freedom.

Since 2014, the Qiaodong District People’s Court of Zhangjiakou City has convicted them three times of abusing their power and misappropriating public funds.However, the Zhangjiakou Intermediate People's Court twice ruled to remand for retrial, and on October 19, 2018, it made a second-instance verdict: Liu Yanbo was not guilty and Sun Mengmeng was exempted from criminal punishment.

Liu Yanbo said that the person behind the investigation and the direction of the fraud case they handled was Zhang Yue, former member of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee and former secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, who was called the King of Politics and Law in Hebei Province by the media.

Around the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2013, an intermediary reminded Liu Yanbo: They have found Zhang Yue, and if you don’t let him go, they will definitely kill you.

5 million fraud case

On September 3, 2011, the Handan County Public Security Bureau accepted a fraud case.

The reporter, Zhao Yongping, said that he was defrauded of more than 5 million yuan by Du Jianguo and Sun Xuezhi.The police officers who took over the case were Liu Yanbo, the then captain of the Criminal Police Mobile Squadron of the Handan County Public Security Bureau, and investigator Sun Mengmeng.

According to the indictment issued by the Handan County People's Procuratorate on June 30, 2013, in June 2008, the defendants Du Jianguo and Sun Xuezhi met Handan businessman Zhao Yongping after being introduced.The two lied to Zhao Yongping that Sun Xuezhi was the director of the Third Division of the Heilongjiang Provincial Public Security Department and the director of the Far East Intelligence Station of the Ministry of National Security. He was a department-level cadre and could operate the purchase of all lean ore projects of Hainan Hainan Iron and Steel Group.

According to Liu Yanbo's subsequent investigation, Sun Xuezhi was actually just a security guard at a nursing home in Heilongjiang Province.The indictment stated that Zhao Yongping agreed to invest in the project after being deceived by the two. In July 2008, Du Jianguo asked Zhao Yongping for the preliminary operating fees for the purchase of the project. Zhao Yongping transferred 1.5 million yuan to Du Jianguo that month.

Two months later, Du and Sun, in the name of a certain company, signed an agreement with a public institution in Beijing, stipulating that the institution would be responsible for signing a project to purchase lean ore with Haigang Group.Then things got messy: According to the indictment, in January 2009, this public institution notified Sun that he could sign a contract with Hainan Iron and Steel Group, but Sun refused because he could not sign all the lean ore contracts with the group.Refuse to come forward.

Since then, part of the lean ore has been preempted by three other companies.In other words, it is no longer possible to purchase all lean ores.The indictment stated that the businessman surnamed Zhao was not truthfully informed of the above situation, and Du and Sun lied to him that if he did not continue to provide funds, the project would definitely fail, and the previously invested funds would not be recovered.

Subsequently, Du Jianguo and Sun Xuezhi successively demanded 5.26 million yuan from the businessman surnamed Zhao.However, after the newly established company started operating, Zhao Yongping learned from other sources that the actual expenditure of Sun Xuezhi and Du Jianguo to operate the project was only 1.2 million yuan.

Zhao Yongping therefore called the police to the Handan County Public Security Bureau.

On October 16, 2011, the Handan County Public Security Bureau decided to file a case for investigation, and pursued Du Jianguo and Sun Xuezhi online.Five days later, the two were brought to justice. On October 28, the Handan County Public Security Bureau decided to place them under residential surveillance at a designated residence.On March 16, 2013, Handan County Public Security Bureau arrested Sun XX.According to the indictment, Sun Xuezhi obtained 2.35 million yuan out of the 5.26 million yuan he asked for, claiming that 1.31 million yuan was used for running projects and 1.04 million yuan for himself.

The indictment found that Sun Xuezhi forged his identity, concealed the truth, and defrauded Zhao Yongping of 1.04 million yuan, and was suspected of fraud.Afterwards, the Handan County People's Court heard the case of Sun Xuezhi, and suggested that the Handan County Procuratorate prosecute Du Jianguo together.

Notice from the Political and Legal Affairs Committee

Liu Yanbo said that cases of defrauding 5 million yuan were rare, and he and Sun Mengmeng were looking forward to receiving awards for meritorious service.

Sun Mengmeng was a forensic doctor before. Because he could not stand the boring work of forensic medicine, he applied for transfer to become a criminal police officer three months ago. This fraud case was the first case he participated in.

Just when the two were looking forward to it, a coordination and supervision notice issued by the Political and Legal Committee of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee on November 10, 2013 turned things around 180 degrees.

This notice was sent to the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the Handan Municipal Party Committee, the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the Zhangjiakou Municipal Party Committee, the Hebei Provincial Higher People’s Court, the Hebei Provincial People’s Procuratorate, and the Hebei Provincial Public Security Department. It stated that, as designated by the Hebei Provincial Public Security Department, the Du Jianguo case was handled by the Xuanhua District Branch of the Zhangjiakou Municipal Public Security Bureau.Jurisdiction: As designated by the Hebei Provincial Court and the Provincial Procuratorate, the Sun Xuezhi case is under the jurisdiction of the Zhangjiakou Xuanhua District People's Court and the People's Procuratorate.

In the notice, the aforementioned units are required to coordinate and supervise the relevant political and legal departments to complete the case transfer work before November 12, 2013, and report the work progress to the Provincial Political and Legal Committee in a timely manner.In fact, only 2 days are left for the parties to coordinate.

A police officer from the Handan County Public Security Bureau who requested anonymity told the cover news (thecover.cn) reporter that on November 12, 2013, staff from the Xuanhua District Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate of Zhangjiakou City came to Handan and granted Du Jianguo bail pending trial that night.formalities.

The policeman said that when Du Jianguo left, the Handan County Public Security Bureau had just handed over the case file, and within a day, the Xuanhua Public Security Bureau must have not had time to review the file.

According to the normal case handling process, Xuanhua police must first investigate whether the suspect constitutes a crime. The case should go through the criminal police team, the legal department of the Public Security Bureau, and the director's office meeting.Why is the leader of the bureau still in Zhangjiakou, and the people who came over let the suspects leave freely in Handan?The policeman was deeply suspicious.

Just one day later, Sun Xuezhi was also released on bail pending trial.The decision and approval unit was the Xuanhua District Procuratorate, and the approval time was November 13, 2013. The person in charge was two prosecutors from the Public Prosecution Section of the court.On the same day, the Handan County Public Security Bureau issued a release notice.

After the case was transferred to Xuanhua District, Sun Xuezhi and Du Jianguo bid farewell to the judicial proceedings.

On April 15, 2014, the Xuanhua District People's Procuratorate made a decision not to prosecute the Sun Xuezhi case, believing that the criminal facts determined by the Handan County Public Security Bureau were unclear and the evidence was insufficient, and did not meet the conditions for prosecution.

Similarly, the Xuanhua Branch decided to withdraw the case on May 5 of that year on the grounds that the facts were unclear and the evidence was insufficient.

Afterwards, an insider told Liu Yanbo that the somewhat hasty transfer of the case relied on the coordination of Zhang Yue, then Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the Hebei Provincial Committee and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Public Security Department.The transfer of the case to the Zhangjiakou Municipal Legal System is also related to Zhang Yue.Someone had come to me and our leaders before, asking us to release him, saying it was Zhang Yue's instruction, but we didn't dare to release him. After all, the case had been fully investigated, and we were afraid of being held accountable after he was released.

According to public information, Zhang Yue is a post-60s official in the political and legal system. He was born in June 1961 and is a native of Guangrao, Shandong.From 1979 to 2003, he has been working in the Beijing Public Security System for more than 20 years.He has successively served as a police officer of the Xuanwu Branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, director of the First Division of the Public Security Bureau, and deputy director of the Public Security Bureau.

In 2003, Zhang Yue was transferred to the Ministry of Public Security.Four years later, in 2007, Zhang Yue went to Hebei to take up a post.While serving as Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Hebei Provincial Committee and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Public Security Department, Zhang Yue was called the King of Political and Legal Affairs of Hebei by the media.

On April 16, 2016, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Zhang Yue, member of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, was suspected of serious disciplinary violations and was under investigation by the organization.On July 12, 2018, Zhang Yue was sentenced to fifteen years in prison in the first instance.

The first-instance verdict of Zhang Yue, former member of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee and former Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, was pronounced in the bribery case, Xinhua News Agency reported

The policeman who handled the case was detained

After the fraud case against Sun Xuezhi and Du Jianguo was dropped, what Liu Yanbo did not expect was that he and Sun Mengmeng were put on file for investigation.The two criminal police officers were investigated by the Zhangjiakou Political and Legal System, which took over the Sun Du fraud case.

On December 5 and 6, 2013, the Qiaodong District Procuratorate of Zhangjiakou City placed Liu Yanbo and Sun Mengmeng under residential surveillance in designated residences.On March 27, 2014, the court complained to the Qiaodong District Court that Liu Yanbo was suspected of abusing his power, and Sun Mengmeng was suspected of abusing his power and misappropriating public funds.

Liu Yanbo said that when he was taken away by the Qiaodong District Procuratorate of Zhangjiakou City, he was first taken to Xingtai and detained for three days.The person who made the inquiry at that time was the prosecutor of the Zhangjiakou City Procuratorate.They made it very clear that this is a case assigned by Zhang Yue, and you must tell the truth.

Liu Yanbo said that the investigators asked him to explain who made the false case and how he fabricated the false case to frame Sun Xuezhi and Du Jianguo. The other party told Liu Yanbo that he would let you go back.If you don't say anything, I will give you the means.

Liu Yanbo said that after he and Sun Mengmeng were summoned by the Qiaodong District Procuratorate, in the interrogation room in Zhangjiakou, he was sat on an iron chair day and night and was not allowed to rest.In the Yinlong Hotel in Zhangjiakou City, the two people's personal freedom was completely restricted.When being interrogated, they must wear instruments when entering and leaving.From entering the interrogation room to leaving, it often lasted for twenty or thirty hours. While using tactics, they were forced to confess.Sometimes he would sit on an iron chair all night for no reason without asking for a confession.For nearly half a month after that, the residential surveillance location was located in the office building of the Procuratorate.

Not only the parties involved, but also colleagues and even leaders from the units where the two worked were also taken away for questioning by the procuratorate as witnesses.

This kind of torture lasted for 56 days. Liu Yanbo said that in addition to being beaten, he suffered basically everything, all of which were mental torture.

Remanded for retrial twice

On March 27, 2014, the Zhangjiakou Procuratorate charged the Qiaodong District Court that Liu Yanbo was suspected of abuse of power, and Sun Mengmeng was suspected of abuse of power and embezzlement of public funds.

One of the reasons why the two were charged with the crime of abuse of power was that the prosecutors determined that the Handan police had no jurisdiction over the case of Sun Moumou and Du Moumou, and during the investigation period they did not comply with the requirements of the Hebei Provincial Public Security Department on the correct use of the law enforcement and case handling system.Cases circulated online.

Liu Yanbo said that the reason why they were considered to have no jurisdiction at the beginning was because when Zhao Yongping transferred the money to Du Jianguo and Sun Xuezhi, he divided it three times, the first time was 1.5 million, the second time was 1 million, and the third time was 2.5 million., of which the first 1.5 million, they believed that it was not fought in Handan, so we had no jurisdiction.Liu Yanbo said that Zhao Yongping transferred the other 3.5 million through a bank in Handan County, so he reported the case to the Handan County Public Security Bureau.

In September 2014, the Qiaodong District Court of Zhangjiakou City sentenced Liu Yanbo to the crime of abuse of power and Sun Mengmeng to the crime of embezzlement of public funds, and were sentenced to 3 years, 6 months and 6 years in prison, respectively.

In December of that year, the Zhangjiakou City Intermediate People's Court revoked the first-instance judgment in the first second instance and ruled that the case be remanded for a retrial on the grounds that the original court's trial procedures were illegal.

In September 2015, the Qiaodong District Court of Zhangjiakou City sentenced Liu Yanbo for the crime of abuse of power and Sun Mengmeng for the crime of embezzlement of public funds for the second time, and were sentenced to 3 and 5 years in prison, respectively.Compared with the previous first-instance verdict, the charges this time remain unchanged, but the sentence is reduced.

According to the Criminal Judgment (2015) Dong Xing Chu Zi No. 14 of the People's Court of Qiaodong District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, Liu Yanbo's crime of abusing power was actually related to an agreement signed by Zhao Yongping and Sun Xuezhi.

The verdict stated that during the period when Sun Xuezhi was under residential surveillance, Liu Yanbo hinted at and threatened him many times, and signed an agreement with Zhao Yongping, in which Sun Xuezhi repaid the company 17 million yuan and transferred 18% of the shares to Zhao Yongping for freeequality matters.

The judgment stated that on January 19, 2012, Liu Yanbo, Sun Mengmeng and others took Sun Xuezhi and Zhao Yongping to Hainan, where they froze Sun Xuezhi's 4.9 million yuan time deposit certificate, and Sun Xuezhi remitted 1.04 million yuan to Sun Mengmeng's personal account on the spot, 3.96 million yuan was remitted to the businessman surnamed Zhao.Two months later, Sun Xuezhi and Zhao Yongping completed the equity transfer procedures.

In the judgment, 3.96 million yuan and 18% of the equity were the losses caused to Sun Xuezhi by Liu Yanbo's abuse of power.The agreement between Sun and Zhao was also allegedly signed by Sun in exchange for his personal freedom in the presence of police officers and under duress.

However, in February 2016, the Zhangjiakou Intermediate People's Court determined in the second instance that whether Liu Yanbo caused Sun Xuezhi 3.96 million yuan and 18% equity loss was unclear and the evidence was insufficient, and again ruled to revoke the judgment and remand it for retrial.

Regarding the above-mentioned two amounts of 3.96 million yuan and 1.04 million yuan, it was actually mentioned as early as the first first-instance judgment. However, in the first first-instance judgment, the Qiaodong District Court held that the 5 million yuan was notIt is a loss caused to Sun Xuezhi.

According to the Criminal Judgment (2014) Dong Xing Chu Zi No. 39 of the People’s Court of Qiaodong District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, the Qiaodong District Court once held that the case was filed on November 29, 2013 because of the highThe effective judgment of the court has determined that the 5 million returned in the agreement cannot be revoked and therefore should not be included in the loss.

Regarding this situation, Liu Yanbo said that he did not understand why there was such a big contradiction in the determination of the same sum of money by the same court?

A late promotion

In April 2016, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Zhang Yue, then secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Hebei Province, was suspected of serious disciplinary violations and was under investigation.Only two months later, Liu Yanbo and Sun Mengmeng were released on bail pending trial.At this time, they had lost their freedom for two years and five months.

Liu Yanbo said that ever since he learned that Zhang Yue was under investigation, he knew that he had hope of overturning the case.

On December 5, 2016, the People's Court of Qiaodong District, Zhangjiakou City made the third first-instance judgment that Liu Yanbo was convicted of abuse of power and sentenced to three years in prison, and Sun Mengmeng was convicted of embezzling public funds and sentenced to two years and six years in prisonmonths.

For such a penalty, Liu Yanbo certainly would not accept it and appealed again.

On October 19, 2018, the Zhangjiakou City Intermediate People's Court did not remand for a retrial, but directly issued a second-instance judgment, finding Liu Yanbo innocent and Sun Mengmeng exempted from criminal punishment.

In January 2019, Liu Yanbo submitted an application for state compensation to the People's Court of Qiaodong District, Zhangjiakou City, but Liu Yanbo also said that no matter how much compensation, it is actually difficult to make up for his losses. Some time ago, the unit notified that theI went to study and planned to be promoted to the second police inspector. In fact, I should have been promoted as early as 2015, but because of this case, I couldn't complete it.If I had been promoted then, I should have been promoted to the first rank of inspector now.Liu Yanbo said that in four years, it would be impossible to make up for it in a lifetime.

Whether Liu Yanbo regrets handling this case, Liu Yanbo himself can't say clearly. When the person concerned comes to report the case, we must handle it when we accept the case.Maybe it was fine at the time, but now that Zhang Yue has fallen, I will definitely not be able to run away, so I can’t say whether I regret it or not.Liu Yanbo said, in fact, he should be glad that he was not guilty in the end.

Liu Yanbo said that the previous period in the detention center was the darkest period of his life. I dared not tell others that I was a policeman, otherwise I would definitely be beaten.

At present, the case of Liu Yanbo and Sun Mengmeng has been declared over, but the statement about this fraud caseBut there has been no conclusion. As a party involved, Zhao Yongping has been asking for an explanation.Zhao Yongping told the cover news reporter: At that time, the trial in Handan County had already started and the verdict was about to be announced. However, he was assigned to Zhangjiakou and the matter was settled. So, one of the two procuratorates was wrong. No matter what they did, one of them was wrong.Which one is it? You should give me an explanation, right?