“Did you participate in the government’s land encirclement work all the way?”
“Yes.”
“Do you still remember the amount of land expropriation for this project?”
“About 53.85 million yuan,”Zhang Meng said. “Because I was responsible for the tender at that time, I remember it quite clearly.”
“Very good. Thank you for your hard work,”Wang Haiyang said and turned to Qin Zhengxiao. “May I ask if the public prosecutor needs to ask the witness?”
“Not at the moment.”
“May I ask my next witness to appear in court?”
With the same words, Wang Haiyang said seriously, “Hello, what is your name? What is your position? What is your relationship with my client?”
“My name is Li Qiangchuan. I am the village chief of Li Jia Village. I am in charge of coordinating with the government to transfer the land to the villagers because I have been in contact with the mayor of Mo District.”
“How much did you sell the land for?”
“53,853,000 yuan.”
“Thank you.”
Then, the next witness appeared in court.
“Hello, What’s Your Name? What’s your position? What’s your relationship with my client?”
“My name is Wu Qi. I’m currently working in the Financial Bureau of the Rizhao District Government. I’m in charge of the cashier of the land acquisition.”
“Then how much did you pay into the official account of Lijia Village?”
“53,853,000 yuan.”
“Okay, thank you.”
Wang Haiyang said to the presiding judge, “The presiding judge and the Prosecutor of the public prosecution both have a tender document, a contract, and an invoice receipt from the financial cashier, confirming that the amount of the municipal enclosure in Rizhao district was 53,853,000 yuan.”. This is consistent with what the witness said. “As for what the public prosecutor provided, after the land enclosure project was successful, 2.2 million yuan of the land enclosure money was divided into four accounts and spent nearly a month to transfer to my client’s account, accusing my client of corruption in this project. “Now, I need to call the witness, Li Qiangchuan, again.”
The presiding judge thought for a moment and said to Qin zhengxiao, “Does the public prosecutor have any objections?”
“No.”
The chief judge agreed.
Li Qiangchuan appeared in court again.
“Hello, village chief Li. If I remember correctly, there are a total of 83 villages that have seized the land this time. Each of them received the corresponding amount of land expropriation due to the size of the land. “Did you distribute all 53,853,000 yuan to them?”
Li Qiangchuan was silent for a moment.
Everyone was looking at him.
His gaze seemed to drift for a second before he opened his mouth to speak, “Yes. “However, before this, District Chief Mo came to me privately and asked me to transfer a small portion of the land expropriation money to each household using the relocation fee. The total amount is 2.2 million yuan. I’ll call him again through my private account. For the sake of safety, he gave me four accounts and asked me to call him in batches within a month.”
“Is there a payment record?”
“Although I’m the village chief, I don’t have much culture, so I never keep those things.”
“So there’s no payment record, is that right?”Wang Haiyang’s eyes narrowed.
Li Qiangchuan nodded.
“In court, please answer me yes or No.”Wang Haiyang’s aura was strong.
Li Qiangchuan said, “Yes.”
“As far as I know, the total amount of money flowing through the accounts of 83 villagers is indeed 53,853,000 yuan. But according to the evidence of the prosecution, the villagers took out the corresponding relocation fees according to the size of the resettlement houses according to their own amounts! They all had signatures and fingerprints!”
“Yes.”Li Qiangchuan nodded.
Wang Haiyang turned his head and said to the presiding judge, “I have investigated the account movements of all 83 households. According to Li Qiangchuan, he had already transferred 2.2 million so-called relocation fees to my client within a month. However, the truth is that the villagers’account movements and the amount of money used to investigate the villagers have been added and subtracted. So far, there hasn’t been any so-called 2.2 million outflow. Could it be that Li Qiangchuan asked the villagers to sign and stamp his name without paying the relocation fee? Then you have to pay the fee back?”