Chapter 77: Chapter 65 Is This Really a Call for Help?

The Renmin Road police station is also very close to the Yuefu Residential Complex.

Tang Fangjing had actually never dealt with this place before, as he either engaged in criminal private prosecution or went directly to the sub-bureau to report economic crimes; he had really never been to the police station.

That won't do, as a professional lawyer, how could he possibly never visit a police station?

The big brother in charge of the Economic Investigation, whom he had met by chance last time, was almost going bald; it wouldn't be fair not to spread the wealth and contribute some performance to the comrades at the police station.

Although the comrades at the grassroots level are already too busy to need performance recognition...

Officer Ge, who was on duty, was indeed very busy. The population density near the Renmin Road police station was terrifyingly high, which naturally meant a scary high volume of police cases.

At the first sign of trouble, people think of calling the police, and one person nearly wishes to split into three to cope.

He had just finished a task and was about to take a bite of instant noodles when he saw the door to the station pushed open and a young man walked in with a briefcase in hand.

"Hey, wait a minute, what's the matter?" Officer Ge put down his noodles and called out.

"Hello, comrade, I've come to report a case." The young man at the door smiled, looking very amiable.

Another problem, Officer Ge said, "Alright, tell me what happened."

"It's a case of refusing to pay labor remuneration. Look here, officer, this is the Decision Document from the arbitration tribunal, and here is the evidence that the company boss withdrew the related funds, then here is the evidence that several migrant workers were blocked on WeChat and their calls went unanswered..."

Clearly having taken the money but not paying the people, becoming uncontactable through communication means, playing disappearing acts—this is obviously malicious intent, and there's substantial evidence.

You can engage any lawyer to argue that you had no ill intent or that you had this or that reason, but you can go and see if the judge accepts it.

Officer Ge was a bit slow to react to the evidence in front of him, not because of anything else but mainly because the evidence was too well-organized.

What type of evidence is this, whether it's material evidence or documentary evidence, how it was obtained, what the objective was... it's all written clearly and legibly.

Even someone who doesn't understand criminal law at all would find it crystal clear upon inspection.

Not just on the internet—throughout Jingzhou City's political and legal system, his name was being talked about. They said this young man had an exceptional understanding of the law, and his actions were always surprising.

Now it appeared to be true. Previously, cases of refusal to pay labor remuneration were generally transferred by labor arbitration and related departments.

"Just wait here a moment. This situation is a bit... well, a bit special. I'll report it to the station chief, and we should be able to file this case today."

After all the effort put in, it wouldn't do to send people back to wait.

Ten minutes later, Officer Ge looked at Station Chief Wang and said, "Chief, this is the situation at hand."

Station Chief Wang, who was flipping through the evidence while chewing on a toothpick, finally commented, "This young man... his mind, I wonder how it works."

After thinking it over, he continued, "Proceed with filing the case. I approve. Also, we'll need to investigate Xiangkun Company and that other major shareholder, Lei Peng. There are many uncertainties surrounding them both."

"When public security handles a case, we must investigate any doubts!" Outside the police station, Tang Fangjing, holding the notification of the case filing, was saying on the phone.

"So rest assured, this case should progress swiftly."

Auditing is hard enough on its own, let alone identifying specific issues, making it even more troublesome.

If you want to "pierce through the company's facade," you need to check if there is any financial mingling between the shareholders and the company and whether the shareholders have turned the company into their puppet.

All of these involve specialized knowledge. Even with a lawyer's investigation order, Old Tang would find it difficult to scrutinize as lawyers are just lawyers, not sorcerers.

Clearly, a few migrant workers couldn't afford to hire a third-party institution for an audit.

So, the only alternative was to leverage the power of the public security organs. After all, they're obliged to investigate these concerns, and they also have professional financial investigation departments, which can conduct inquiries faster than third-party institutions and provide more substantial evidence.

This approach had been used by Tang Fangjing in his previous life numerous times to great success—it was also effective during the last homeowners' committee audit, earning unanimous praise from those who utilized it.

Why go through all this trouble? To prevent a certain situation: if the money retrieved was all spent, then even if the arbitration ruled in their favor, enforcement would be impossible.

Having handled this matter, the next step was to keep waiting. Unfortunately, with no suitable cases at hand, he could only waste valuable time waiting, which pained Old Tang greatly.