Chapter 40: The Hot Potato Case

  After hearing Zhang Shi's words, Liu Li and Li Liang exchanged a surprised glance, paused for a moment, and then Liu Li cautiously asked: "Director Zhang, can you please give us a brief introduction to this case?"

  Some unexpectedly glanced at Liu Li, Zhang Shi hesitated for a moment, then lightly said: "Hehe... it's okay, actually this case is very simple. In Daxing Town, Yujiacun Village, villager Yu Dazhu had a dispute with his neighbor Yu Guang over trivial matters, and the two men started fighting each other.

  Yu Dazhu used his fist to break Yu Guang's nasal septum, and later the forensic identification showed that Yu Guang was a minor injury of grade two. Our police station has taken down the statements of both parties involved, as well as the statements of three witnesses at the scene, all interrogation records are complete, now only left with the conclusion of the case.

  Considering the injury of Guang is minor, in order to show our respect and support for your Third Middle School team, when the case investigation reaches its final stage, our Daxing Town Police Station has decided to follow procedure and transfer the case to your Third Middle School.

  Hearing Zhang Shi's flattering words, Liu Li couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement in his heart. Looking at the sincere smile on Zhang Shi's face, Liu Li thought that guy was trying to set him up. After a brief moment of hesitation, Liu Li also broke into a smile:

  "Sorry, Captain Liu has gone to the municipal bureau for training. He is the chief squadron leader and I am the deputy. The case transfer is his responsibility, I don't usually get involved. How about this? When Captain Liu comes back, you can tell him about the case transfer. You can go back first now."

  "What do you mean? I've never heard of handing over a case and still having to wait for the captain. Is Captain Liu not in the team? Are you guys not working yet? Deputy Captain, as a leader of the team, shouldn't you be able to take charge of the case?" Zhang Shi asked urgently.

  Hearing Zhang Shi motivating himself, Liu Li had a number in his heart. This case must not be a good one; otherwise, why would Zhang Shi stay here with him? After figuring this out, no matter how Zhang Shi stimulated Liu Li, he insisted on not taking over any cases before Liu Wei returned.

  An hour later, Zhang Shi, who was parched and had a hoarse throat, poured himself a cup of water from the thermos and drank it. After drinking, he looked at Liu Li with admiration: "The deputy squadron leader really sticks to his principles."

  After saying this, seeing the expression on Liu Li's face that seemed to be smiling but not quite, Zhang Shi knew that Liu Li had already guessed something. In order to hand over the case to the Third Brigade, he hesitated for a moment and told Liu Li the truth.

  When the incident first occurred, Yu Dazhu's family members went to the hospital to plead with Yu Guang and also pulled connections at the police station. To show their sincerity, Yu Dazhu's wife even helped Yu Guang pay a deposit of 1,000 yuan for his hospital stay.

  The nasal septal cartilage was fractured, although it was a minor injury, but this minor injury belonged to the least affected minor injury, because the nasal septal cartilage is very prone to injury and will bleed easily.

  For ordinary people, other parts of the body can withstand a punch without any problem, but if the nose is punched, it will bleed immediately. If it's serious, the nasal bone will be broken, and a minor injury of second degree will be directly caused.

  This is also why when skipping school as a kid and getting caught by the teacher, the teacher would only spank your butt and not your face. Because the flesh on your butt is thick, a few hits won't do much harm, but if you hit someone's face, one misstep could land a blow to their nose, which is fragile, and if they accidentally get bloodied, not only will the parents come to school to cause trouble, but the school leaders also won't let it slide.

  Seeing the relatives of the parties involved being so proactive, the police at the police station thought that this case could be mediated successfully like several previous cases, so they did not immediately report and transfer it, but instead handled it themselves.

  But after all the parties' statements were inquired, something unexpected happened. It turned out that according to the police station's intention, Yu Dazhu was asked to compensate Yu Guang 5,000 yuan at once, including medical expenses, lost work, nursing care, and nutrition, and then the police station would fine Yu Dazhu another 5,000 yuan. This way, the case would be settled and a fine would also be obtained.

  However, Yu Guang found out that his injury was minor, he actually asked for 30,000 yuan in compensation, not a penny less, otherwise, he demanded that Yu Dazhu be sent to the detention center for criminal detention.

  Yu Dazhu got angry after hearing Yu Guang ask for the amount, and after several negotiations were fruitless, Yu Dazhu compromised and said he would rather be detained than pay Yu Guang's expenses.

  This case happened to be taken over by Zhang Shi, seeing this kind of thing happen, Zhang Shi didn't care about the fine anymore, and called the village branch secretary of Yujiacun and the family elders of both parties to the police station, everyone worked together to help mediate between the two.

  But no matter what others said, Yu Guang still insisted on the previous request, and it was not possible to reduce the compensation fee by 300,000 yuan. Yu Dazhu also refused to show weakness, insisting that he would not take a single penny and claimed that he had already made preparations for being detained and was ready to report to the detention center at any time.

  Since mediation was unsuccessful, Zhang Shi had no choice but to let the police officer take the case materials to the Legal Affairs Department for approval, planning to put Yu Dazhu under criminal detention. However, because Yu Dazhu's wife had voluntarily paid a deposit of 1,000 yuan when Yu Guang was hospitalized.

  While Yang also acknowledged and used this consumption, plus the three witnesses present at the time all claimed to have only seen two people fighting, but did not see the details of the fight clearly. Therefore, the Procuratorate rejected the request of the police station and did not approve the procedure for criminal detention.

  Instead, it is suggested that the police station mediate between the two parties or have the plaintiff, Yu Guang, file a lawsuit against Yu Da Zhu in court to demand compensation. If the court rules in favor of Yu Guang but Yu Da Zhu still refuses to pay the compensation, Yu Guang can apply for the court to enforce the judgment.

  But when Zhang Shi told Yu Guang about it, Yu Guang became anxious and refused to go through the legal procedures. Instead, he kept an eye on the police station, demanding to know the outcome of the case, saying that since the police station had handled the case from the beginning, he would go to them for the result.

  Later, Yu Guang repeatedly dialed the complaint hotline to complain about the police station. Occasionally, he also went to the county and municipal bureaus to petition, accusing the police station of inaction. In recent days, he sat in Zhang Shi's office every day, asking Zhang Shi to either get compensation for him or detain Yu Guang.

  Yu Guang is being pressed to the limit, while Yu Dazhu has prepared blankets and clothes, waiting for Guang to enter the detention center. As for the compensation, Yu Dazhu doesn't even mention it, no money, no life, just do what you want.

  In the end, Zhang Shi was forced to have no way out and had to take the materials to the Public Security Brigade in person, hoping that the Public Security Brigade could take over the case under the name of violating the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law".

  But after the Public Security Brigade reviewed the materials, they directly returned the case and said that this case belonged to a criminal case. They asked Zhang Shi to transfer the case to the Criminal Police Brigade. Helplessly, after returning from the Public Security Brigade, Zhang Shi took the materials to the Third Brigade to transfer the case. However, unexpectedly, Liu Li refused to take over the case on the grounds that Captain Liu Wei was not present.

  After listening to Zhang Shi's introduction, Liu Li was furious with Zhang Shi, thinking: "This guy is really not good, fortunately I had a premonition before, otherwise this hot potato case would have been thrown into my hands."

  Thinking of this, Liu Li directly stood up to see the guest off and sent Zhang Shi to the stairs. With a sincere face, he said to him: "Our third team can't take on this case either, because the case has already been investigated."

  The informant provided the suspect, and the suspect has also admitted his crime and is prepared to be detained. What remains is just a matter of detention procedures. The approval of detention procedures is the responsibility of the Legal Affairs Department, not under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Police Brigade."