Chapter 967 Determination (please vote for this huge chapter)

low-rise block

The boy faced the rising sun and ran wildly on the low-lying and uneven road. Then with a 'bang' sound, his foot caught a stone and fell to the ground.

"Be careful, Jerlin."

A chuckle came from above.

The boy raised his head and looked forward. A young man with short hair and simple clothes and dark skin was standing aside and stretched out his hand to him.

"Thank you," the boy raised his hand, took the young man's outstretched hand, staggered up, and giggled twice, "I ran too fast."

"Something good?"

The young man looked at the smile on his face and asked with a smile.

"Well, Mr. Lin En helped me contact a doctor, and that doctor was willing to perform surgery on my mother for a very low price,"

The boy said quickly with a slightly excited tone, "I'm going to take my mother to Saint Yilan now."

"Do you need help?"

The young man smiled and said, "I happen to have a car."

"No, no, I won't delay Brother Wells from doing your business,"

The boy quickly waved his hand and glanced at the various old electrical appliances and repair equipment in the shop behind the young man, as well as the TV playing the news, and continued, "There are brothers and sisters in the convoy of supplies for the free clinic over there who are willing to give us a ride.

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"Okay, then I wish you all the best,"

The young man named Wells smiled and clapped his hands. Then he suddenly realized something and asked slowly, "Is the Mr. Linn you are talking about the mayor, Mr. Linn?"

"Yes!"

The boy nodded quickly, "That's Mr. Linn!"

"Is he reliable?"

Wells frowned subconsciously, then he looked at the TV behind him and said slowly, "The men he recruited seem to be all criminal and corrupt officials. Will these politicians trick you?"

"Mr. Lynn is a great man!"

The boy's face turned red and he immediately retorted, "The free clinic over there today was all arranged by him."

Then he seemed to realize that his tone was a bit hasty, took a breath, slowed down and explained,

"What is said in the news may be a lie. Even if it is not a lie, the kind of people those subordinates are cannot represent the kind of person Mr. Lin En is. I have met Mr. Lin En, and he is really a very good person.

A good man. If his men really committed a crime, Mr. Lynn will definitely bring them all to justice!"

"I know you trust this Mr. Lynn very much,"

Wells sighed, "But you'd better be careful. Although we poor guys have nothing to take advantage of, you don't know what these dirty politicians are thinking."

He sighed and continued, "And if what is said in the news is true, since the greed of those cabinet officials has reached the point where the news on the roadside already knows it, as the mayor, Lynn, doesn't he know?

If he knew, why didn't he deal with it..."

Before he finished speaking, the sound of the TV in the shop behind him paused, and the female host sitting on the studio paused and said quickly,

"Interrupting the latest news, the White House has just announced that the city police have just arrested a group of 17 former cabinet members, including the former Minister of Interior, the former Minister of Justice, and the former Minister of Commerce and Enterprise. They were arrested

He was charged with abuse of power, illegal bribery, insider trading and other crimes.

"It is worth noting that these cabinet members were fired by the city government yesterday morning, along with a total of 19 cabinet officials including the Minister of Education. Mayor Lynn almost dismissed the entire original cabinet.

"The White House will hold a live press conference at noon today to respond to the public's questions on this matter."

Immediately afterwards, the host hesitated for a moment and began to broadcast the original news again.

At this time, Jie Lin, who was standing outside, glanced at the TV inside, raised his head, and smiled at Wells in front of him, "Brother Wells, I'm just telling you, you have to believe Mr. Linn!"

"Okay, okay, maybe he is really different from the previous mayor,"

Wells waved his hand and said, "If you need help, come to me."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Wells!"

The boy dusted himself off and continued running along the bumpy road.

The young man standing in front of the store raised his head and looked at the huge advertising screen not far away.

At this moment, the advertising screen has changed directly from an advertisement to a live broadcast background with the white jasmine emblem printed on it.

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saint ylan district

"Liz, I know where I might be needed."

Yi Ni, who was standing by the street, took her eyes away from the TV above her head, turned her head and looked at the roughly billboard with the white jasmine emblem that had been built beside her.

At this moment, the screen of the billboard, which has not been completely repaired, has already lit up the background of the live broadcast room.

"Um?"

Liz on the other end of the phone was slightly stunned.

Yi Ni took a deep breath and turned to look into the depths of the overlapping steel forest, "Let's go to White Jasmine Palace."

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White Jasmine Palace

"nervous?"

Standing in the backstage control room, looking at the reporters who had begun to take their seats in the surveillance room, He Ao smiled and looked at Tucker aside.

“Kind of,”

Tucker smiled awkwardly, "I have faced either vicious gangsters or wanderers in the wilderness before. This is the first time I sit under the spotlight and face these long guns and cannons."

"It's okay, don't worry,"

He Ao said slowly, "You only need to answer the questions in the case. The others are me. Since you have entered the political system, you must learn to deal with the public, but one step will not make you fat, so take your time."

"yes!"

Tucker took a breath and nodded heavily.

"alright,"

He Ao glanced at the reporters who were almost seated in the surveillance room, nodded to Tucker and the blond chief of staff beside him, "Let's get started."

The two nodded slightly to He Ao and walked out of the control room.

He Ao raised his hand and glanced at the bracelet, looking through some information sent by the Nancheng City Defense Force and collected from some Prisoner Gang strongholds. He waited for Tucker who was under surveillance to explain the contents of the case, and then he stopped.

He stood up slowly and left the control room.

Then he walked along the corridor to the back door of the press conference room and walked in from the back.

At this moment, the entire press room was basically full of people. Some members of the mayor's guard who were standing behind to maintain order saw He Ao coming in. When they wanted to speak, He Ao made a silencing gesture to stop them.

Then He Ao squeezed through the back of the crowd, stood behind everyone, and looked up at the main podium in front of him.

This press conference is mainly divided into two stages.

The first stage is ‘release’, which means the speaker, Tucker, discloses and explains the content of the case, which cabinet officials are involved, what crimes these officials are involved in, and whether the city police department has conclusive evidence.

At this time, Tucker's release of the main content of the case has come to an end. This stage is almost over. Next is the second stage, the 'free questioning' stage.

"...This is the general content of this case. At present, all seventeen former cabinet officials have been brought to justice. We will never tolerate any corruption that betrays the municipal government and Yilan City,"

At this moment, Tucker was sitting in the center of the main podium, sitting upright and facing the microphone. As the case was introduced, he seemed to gradually enter the state. He raised his head and looked at the reporter below,

"Let's move on to the question and answer session. Today's press conference mainly discusses the criminal issues of former cabinet officials. Please don't take your questions away from the case itself."

Seven or eight reporters in the audience immediately raised their hands, and Tucker randomly selected a small media reporter.

"Director Tucker, how long will those cabinet ministers face in prison?"

The reporter raised the microphone and asked quickly.

"Determination and sentencing are matters for the court,"

Tucker glanced at the information in his hand and quickly replied, "But judging from the crimes we have so far, these cabinet officials may face 10-15 years in prison for the most minor crimes. Considering the number of crimes committed,

In the case of concurrent punishment, the maximum prison term may be as long as 40-60 years."

Everyone in the audience gasped slightly.

The federal sentencing for corruption is actually not that severe. The fact that they can accumulate so many years of prison terms proves that these people have indeed gone too far.

"Director Tucker, what are the main criminal behaviors of these cabinet officials?"

Another reporter who was called on asked.

"Almost all the cabinet officials involved in the case went to the road of no return because they accepted additional 'bribes' from the consortium,"

Tucker slowly replied, "These bribes may be a green light for the education of children and grandchildren, or they may be special medical insurance, or they may be certain 'stocks' that are bound to rise. There are many forms of bribes, but the results
To be continued...