After the Wu Gang incident, I remembered a well-written commentary in the Southern Metropolitan Daily. The title "There will always be a way to deal with you" made me think that if the "you" referred to bad people, then there would be no fraudulent black intermediaries, and Wu Gang wouldn't have to kill anyone, nor would such tragedies occur. Unfortunately, this method has been misused.
What are these methods? Where are they used? Let's take a look first. If one person is arrested and the characterization of the organized crime is wrong, then check for intentional injury. If there's no intentional injury, check for gambling, involvement in pornography, provoking trouble, bribery, drug trafficking, illegal business operations. Anyway, you cannot be as pure as a saint. I can't arrest you incorrectly.
If an official is already detained, if there's no bribery, check for embezzlement. If there's no embezzlement, check for disciplinary violations. If there's no violation, check their relationships with women. Anyway, he cannot come in clean and leave clean.
If a company needs to be dealt with, if there's no tax evasion, check for illegal business operations. If there's no illegal operation, check the registered capital. If there's no false registration, check if there's any land resale. Anyway, in today's China, there are hundreds of charges that can be used against companies.
If a case is mishandled, the court absolutely cannot directly acquit and release the defendant. Otherwise, the state compensation responsibility and accountability would cause a lot of trouble for those on the public payroll. Therefore, they must work together to handle the defendant. They can supplement the investigation on other issues. If one thing is wrong, there must be something else wrong, either this year or ten years ago. The investigation time can be extended indefinitely. The court can exempt from punishment but still find guilt. The prosecution can relatively not sue for guilt but later re-sue and slowly handle it, or withdraw and investigate again. The police can grant bail without transferring for prosecution. If you behave, everyone is fine. If not, we'll arrest you again. Resolve the matter by writing a guarantee letter. If you cooperate, I'll cooperate; otherwise, it won't end well for you.
In a demolition incident involving a citizen, we can check who is the mastermind behind the scenes, who is the leader, then check if they have evaded taxes, committed crimes, or caused public order disturbances. If there are no problems, then buy them off, create divisions, break them apart. Give someone 100,000 yuan when others only get 20,000, and let them help you. Then tell others that they have betrayed, causing internal disputes and arguments, making my job easier. If they still don't listen, check for inciting unrest, illegal fundraising, embezzling litigation fees, violating petition regulations, and lock them up. If lawyers dare to challenge, complain to the judicial bureau to suspend their license, or simply treat them like Beijing lawyer Zhu Jiuhu was treated, arrested for inciting unrest and fraudulently collecting legal fees. In the name of "stability above all" and "harmonious justice," China's land sees daily performances of this "leveling everything is skill" kind of "public power crooked mouth show."
Public power, which should be responsible for maintaining basic fairness and justice in society, day by day performs this "crooked scripture" that only "crooked monks" can chant. "There will always be a way to deal with you" is the root cause of the loss of credibility of public power. Public power must have morality. The establishment of credibility for public power does not rely solely on the coercive power of the state apparatus, not just on having police, courts, armies, and prisons, but on making the people truly believe that public power is fair, humane, for the legitimate interests of every individual, strictly abiding by the law rather than enforcing laws maliciously. It has a public value foundation of fairness and justice. If public power becomes like small hooligans or mountain kings, using any means necessary to achieve their goals, then the common people will also use their opponent's methods to counteract them, dealing with public power with even more cunning tactics...
The above is part of the article content. If they could apply these skills and methods correctly, would there be fewer tragedies? In China, it seems that trivial matters concerning ordinary citizens are often ignored unless there's profit involved. Minor offenses like petty thefts, brawls, swindles, etc., rarely elicit much enthusiasm from relevant authorities. However, anti-pornography and anti-gambling campaigns, which offer potential profits, see much more zeal. Everything seems to wait until it escalates before action is taken. If the relevant departments had handled the Wu Gang incident earlier, the killing tragedy might not have occurred. Not only do some departments manage passively, but they also collude for mutual benefit.
Previously, it was said that if the people don't report, officials won't act. Now, it seems that if the people don't protest, officials won't act. Everything waits until it escalates or threatens the interests of the powerful before they act. For instance, during mass incidents or intercepting petitions, their efficiency is guaranteed to be high and swift. At the slightest sign of unrest, military and police forces fully armed descend upon the scene, overwhelming the situation like a great army at war.
Why isn't this energy directed towards resolving conflicts early, protecting the people's interests, solving the masses' problems, and combating all forms of illegal scams?
"Always a way to deal with you" - who exactly does it control? If there were a way to control the misuse of public power, the supremacy of power over law, and abuse of authority, and if all these methods were applied for the people, it is believed that tragedies would decrease, and the term "maintaining stability" would fade away from our lives!