The victim’s wife is suspected of being purged by the company she works for after posting a report publicly, and the Henan Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission, which intervened in the investigation, is accused of delaying the release of the investigation results. In addition, the power of the parties also joined the game, causing the official struggle to continue to heat up.
The disclosure of the incident in which Jiyuan municipal party secretary Zhang Zhanwei slapped Zhai Weidong, the secretary general of the municipal government, immediately ignited public opinion. The victim of the incident, Zhai Weidong, suffered a heart attack in November last year after he was abused and slapped by Zhang Zhanwei, a superior official, while eating breakfast in the organ’s cafeteria, and was subjected to various subsequent crackdowns. In the middle of this month, Zhai’s wife, Shang Xiaojuan, chairman of the labor union of Yugang Coking Group, also quickly became the target of the crackdown after posting a public report.
A document suspected to be issued by the Yugang Coking Group shows that Shang Xiaojuan’s comments were said to have had a negative impact on the government and damaged the overall external image of the Jiyuan model area, and the authorities decided to suspend her from her job and stop paying her salary subsidy, pending follow-up treatment.
The incident further sparked a public backlash.
Zhai Weidong’s wife was involved in the incident and was quickly suppressed. (File photo of Yugang (Jiyuan) Coking Group)
Our reporter called Shang Xiaojuan’s cell phone several times, but it was switched off. In response to our reporter’s interview, Yugang Coking Group said that the online news about Shang Xiaojuan being disciplined was false. But the person did not explain why a reporter previously asked for confirmation, the company’s people once admitted that Shang Xiaojuan was suspended.
Yugang Coking: We are Yugang Coking, our company have issued a statement, have debunked the rumors. Two days ago I do not know, we also later saw on the Internet that the dismissal. That file is not our department out, we do not know.
The media person concerned about the incident Chen Hongtao confirmed to the station that Shang Xiaojuan was suspended. He said, the municipal party secretary slapped the municipal government secretary-general storm has become a scandal, and the Yugang Group directly involved in the storm, more intensified public opinion, making the official very embarrassing. Now five days have passed, a matter that would have been easy to find out, there is still no statement, which means that how to draw conclusions has also become a matter of discretion for the top brass in Henan.
Chen Hongtao said: until now, the local officials do not have a clear caliber to inform the public, this thing makes the local very embarrassing well. Yesterday, the Secretary-General’s wife was suspended, this file should be true. However, they did not anticipate that their disciplinary action, not only did not let the other side silence, but also stimulate public opinion. They quickly made it clear to the public again that there is no such thing. Said that the province has come down to investigate the team. How to deal with, may need a higher level to shoot the board. It has become a complete farce, which can be called the new “Officials in the Present”.
On the other hand, the major shareholder who controls Yugang Coking Group, with a shareholding of 88.03% of Jinhui Chemical, has been accused of being a powerful capital of unknown origin behind the scenes. Public opinion believes that the intricate power factors behind the incident is the reason why the official still dare not speak out after 5 days of fermentation.
A knowledgeable person revealed that the matter may involve fierce infighting in the local official circles, because Shang Xiaojuan was issued a day before the two meetings in Henan to report the post. But he pointed out that the power struggle between the secretary and the mayor is not new, the problem lies in the higher power involved behind the two.
The Jiyuan Municipal Committee, when queried by this station, directly pushed the issue to the Propaganda Department.
The city of Jiyuan: I’m not sure about this, I’ll give you the phone number, the phone number of the Propaganda Department, it can give you a special answer.
However, the Propaganda Department of the municipal party committee has refused to answer the phone.
The Communist Party’s bureaucratic system is so entrenched that it is common for higher-level officials to humiliate and even physically punish lower-level officials. Previously, Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai slapped his own confidant, Chongqing Public Security Bureau chief Wang Lijun, which was the ambush that later led to Bo’s downfall.
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