Anti-Corruption Chief's Strategy Selections

Author: Zhang Liang / Country:
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book is a case file of an investigator who has been engaged in anti-corruption and case-finding work for nearly 20 years, as well as a condensed journey of their 20-year career in the field of anti-corruption. Senior Prosecutor and part-time professor at the School of Law and Politics of Shanghai Normal University, Mr. Zhang Liang, based on his 20 years of experience in investigating public official misconduct, has conducted reflection, analysis, and research, writing the book Strategies of Anti-Corruption Leaders. It combines theory and practice, making it a valuable reference for those engaged in legal research, especially criminal investigation research. The content of the book originates from practice but also includes theoretical analysis, which holds positive significance for guiding investigations of public official misconduct. It also helps investigators broaden their horizons, improve their skills, and enhance their capabilities. For students majoring in political and legal sciences, it serves as a new course and practical textbook. The book also includes a special chapter on prevention and warning, using typical cases and case analyses to provide cautionary lessons, which can be beneficial for leadership departments in Party, disciplinary inspection, and supervision to conduct education on preventing public official misconduct.
(3) Investigation Command Organization
1. Selecting Case Handlers
Rationally selecting case handlers is an important process for investigation command decision-makers to mobilize investigative forces and implement investigative decisions. Case handlers each have their own characteristics and strengths. In terms of individual personality, some are good at interrogating, some at investigating, some at analyzing, and some at remembering. In terms of experience and ability, some are more familiar with investigating financial cases, while others are more skilled in investigating construction cases. In terms of style, some are assertive and intimidating, while others are patient and meticulous. As investigation command decision-makers, one must know people and make the best use of their strengths, maximizing the creativity, initiative, and potential of each investigator, as well as fully leveraging their expertise and capabilities. Using scientific and rational selection methods, they should reasonably allocate the combination of offensive and defensive, soft and hard, flexible and rigid, long and short, and new and old, striving to create a favorable team advantage for investigation. They should coordinate closely, support each other, play to strengths while avoiding weaknesses, thereby effectively avoiding and reducing phenomena such as self-consumption, friction, disconnection, imbalance, and misunderstanding within investigative forces.
2. Establishing an Investigation Organization Structure
When encountering complex and difficult cases, the general investigative model and organizational structure often struggle to meet the demands of the investigation. In such situations, investigation command decision-makers should establish a comprehensive, corresponding, and powerful special investigation organization structure based on the complexity of the case, such as a special case command center or a direct special task force. Alternatively, existing investigative units can be assigned different focuses and work collaboratively. Of course, special task forces may also have drawbacks such as mixed personnel sources, poor information flow, and lack of coordination. To address this, an information intelligence center can be established within the special task force to summarize, exchange, and communicate information, ensuring unified action. In terms of interrogation breakthroughs, the resistance of the subject to interrogation should be constrained in a layered, cyclical, and variable manner. The main interrogator, deputy interrogator, and first or second interrogator should be determined based on the subject's specific situation, often referred to as "some playing the role of the red face, while others play the role of the white face." However, such interrogations and interrogations should maintain continuity in purpose and theme between rounds and sessions to avoid conflicts arising from disconnection between investigative subjects, which could give the subject an opportunity to exploit. In summary, the investigation structure should serve and adapt to the actual investigation, maximizing the optimization of investigative forces while minimizing drawbacks and shortcomings, thereby achieving high-quality and efficient investigative goals. P010