Municipal Party Secretary “evaporated” 16 years…

Recently, Wu Jiekai, the former secretary of the Yichun Municipal Committee of Heilongjiang Province, who had “evaporated” for 16 years, was arrested. (Weibo picture)

Recently, Wu Jiekai, the former secretary of the Yichun Municipal Committee of Heilongjiang Province, who had “evaporated” for 16 years, was arrested. An article in the mainland media detailing Wu’s arrest said that Wu left his post without permission and was not heard from for many years until August 2020, when a person named “Mozhu” appeared and pushed the case forward, and Wu was finally caught in Chengdu.

The mainland media reported on Feb. 9 that Wu Jiekai, the former secretary of the party committee of the provincial General Bureau of Reclamation, was arrested and returned to the case on Jan. 21 after allegedly absconding from his post for 16 years.

After his capture, Wu Jiekai said he had expected this day to come.

The report said that Wu Jiekai, who is over 60 years old, was once the director of the research office of the Heilongjiang provincial government, the deputy secretary-general of the provincial government, and later served as the secretary of the Yichun municipal party committee and the secretary of the party committee of the Heilongjiang Provincial General Bureau of Reclamation.

In September 2004, Wu Jiekai suddenly left without permission and his whereabouts were unknown. Later, he was removed from his post and expelled from the Party.

In March 2006, the Heilongjiang Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection referred Wu Jiekai suspected of job-related crimes to the provincial procuratorate, which assigned the jurisdiction of Harbin City Procuratorate to Wu Jiekai suspected of embezzlement and misappropriation of public funds. In August of the same year, Harbin City Procuratorate on suspicion of embezzlement of Wu Jiekai investigation.

But over the years, Wu Jiekai as evaporated without a trace.

Until September 2017, Harbin City Procuratorate through the provincial public security department using technical means, found the name “generation of Shuguo” ID card and Wu Jiekai suspected, and in Chongqing and other places found his whereabouts, and a woman surnamed Qin had accommodation information.

The case officer immediately went to the “generation of Shuguo” household registration police station query, found that its household registration is empty hanging. Perhaps Wu Jiekai smelled something, since then, “generation of Shuguo” lost all kinds of information, the pursuit of fugitive work is on hold.

In 2020, the Heilongjiang Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission set up a special team to track down the fugitive, and made Wu Jiekai’s case a key breakthrough.

The case officer around the “generation of Shuguo” and Qin women to carry out a big data search, found in August of the same year Qin women had received a package sent from Harbin City, Wu Jiekai had a house in the vicinity of the Kunlun Mall, the express may be sent by his relatives.

At this point, a person named “Mozhu” entered the field of vision of the case officer. The woman and the “Mo bamboo” close relationship. The background of “Mochu’s” network avatar is a snowy scene in the northeast. Wu Jiekai writing ability, good at poetry, hobby photography, the case officer deduced that the “ink bamboo” may originate from Wu good and hobby and named.

At this point, the case finally found an important breakthrough. The initial research “Mo Chu” is Wu Jie Kai. 2021 January 20, the case officers flew to Chengdu overnight, in the early hours of the next day straight to the “Mo Chu” living in a community squatting.

At 11:08 a.m. on the 21st, “Mochu” appeared in the neighborhood where he lived and was controlled by the case officer. After another comparison, confirmed that the “ink bamboo” is absconding for 16 years Wu Jiekai.

That night Wu Jiekai was escorted back to Harbin, transferred to Harbin City Supervisory Committee for processing.

Heilongjiang informed that Wu Jiekai is the first fugitive returned to the cadres at the hall level since this year.

In response, many netizens left messages questioning why a corrupt official could abscond for 16 years before being caught when there are surveillance cameras everywhere in China monitoring people’s every move.