Catch the criminals
At the entrance of the Shijiazhuang District Court in Hebei Province, two police cars stopped, and the public security organs came to the court to handle the case, which is normal in normal times, but what happened next caused a sensation. After getting out of the car, the four police officers went straight to the office of the deputy commissioner of the court, and after showing an arrest warrant, they walked over to Zhao Zhiyong, the deputy commissioner of the court who was working, handcuffed him, and took him away.
Stopped police car
The staff of the court all looked at each other for a while, but in the face of the sudden arrest of the police, Zhao Zhiyong acted very calmly, not at all surprised, but with a relieved face. Before the police announced it, no one expected that the deputy director of the court, who had been called the "servant of the people," was the main culprit in a major bank robbery in Hebei 23 years ago. Zhao Zhiyong, as the benchmark of law enforcement in people's hearts, not only knows the law and breaks the law, but also bears a human life for robbing banks. How did Zhao Zhiyong, who came from a military background, embark on this road of no return? And how do you become deputy director of the court after being charged with double charges?
Zhao Zhiyong
01. Born poor and not willing to be mediocre
In September 1969, Zhao Zhiyong was born in an ordinary family in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, with many children in the family, and Zhao Zhiyong was the eldest. His father served in the army, his mother worked as a farmer in his hometown, and several children were all raised by their mothers. Knowing that it is not easy for parents, Zhao Zhiyong has been calm and down-to-earth since he was a child, and he is very active and diligent in everything he does, and in the eyes of outsiders, Zhao Zhiyong is a very sensible child.
Dilapidated houses in the old home
Because his parents' income was not enough to support the family's life, when Zhao Zhiyong was five years old, his father retired from the army and transferred to Xinle City. With the help of the government, Zhao Jinhai, a retired soldier, soon got a job at a local supply and marketing cooperative, and the family's life took a turn for the better. Zhao Jinhai also sent his son Zhao Zhiyong to a school in the city, but Zhao Zhiyong was always unimpressed with this knowledge, and he could not raise interest in learning at all, and finally chose a technical school under the consultation with his family, so he hastily ended his school career.
The city of Xinle many years ago
After graduation, Zhao Zhiyong was still young, and Zhao Jinhai was afraid that his son would follow the people in the society, so he used his position as the chief of the supply and marketing cooperative's business section to arrange a temporary job for his son. This job is usually mainly responsible for the sale of pesticides and fertilizers, and in Zhao Zhiyong's view, the supply and marketing cooperative's work is stable but very boring, and then he remembers his dream since childhood: a soldier.
Soldiers trained in target shooting
Once influenced by his father's military service, Zhao Zhiyong has been very longing for the military since he was a child, and he feels that only by joining the army can he contribute to the motherland. Zhao Jinhai was also very relieved to learn of his son's idea, after all, the army is a place where people are very tempered. Although Zhao Jinhai supported his son's idea, being a soldier was not as dashing and handsome as it seemed on the surface, and it was bitter to enter the army. His father's words did not repel Zhao Zhiyong, but strengthened his determination to join the army. Zhao Zhiyong believes that after some tempering by the army, he will definitely become a good soldier and a person who is helpful to society.
02. Military life Firm road
Soldiers training in the snow
The young and vigorous Zhao Zhiyong wanted to prove it to his father, and resolutely embarked on the road of becoming a soldier. After layers of selection, Zhao Zhiyong came to this dream military camp. In the face of the arduous military life, Zhao Zhiyong, who has a calm personality since childhood, never shouted bitterly and tired, but gradually adapted to this life. However, Zhao Zhiyong still thought of military life too simply, in addition to getting up and exercising at regular intervals every day, he also studied relevant theoretical knowledge.
Group photo in the barracks
Soldiers with high academic qualifications in the army are still very popular, not only are their salaries higher than those of ordinary people, but even the new equipment that is usually distributed is much faster than that of ordinary people because they have more knowledge base and their learning ability is much faster than that of ordinary people. At this time, Zhao Zhiyong, who graduated from the technical school, suffered a loss of no culture, so he felt that it was time to improve his academic qualifications.
After spending some time in the army, Zhao Zhiyong found himself more interested in legal science, which he felt had the same charm as a soldier, not only sacred but also able to help others to hoe rape and punish evil. So between training, Zhao Zhiyong immersed himself in the study of legal knowledge, and the army could often see him holding a thick law book to study until late at night. After a period of study and research, Zhao Zhiyong actually passed the higher education examination by himself, successfully obtained a bachelor's degree, and finally obtained an undergraduate degree in law. The moment he received his undergraduate diploma, Zhao Zhiyong thought about his future path: retiring from the army to engage in legal work.
Zhao Zhiyong in communication with people
In the past few years in the army, Zhao Zhiyong, who has never liked to communicate with people, has also become more talkative. Not only will they take the initiative to deal with people, but they also have their own management methods when facing new recruits. When he met his father again, his speech and demeanor were much more mature, and his father was also relieved to see that his son Zhao Zhiyong had found his own path. Just when everyone thought that Zhao Zhiyong, who studied law, had a bright future, The Heavens made a big joke with him, because of his father's reasons, his life was engraved with a black spot that could not be erased.
03. Turning Point in Life Embark on the Road of No Return
Elderly people who are seriously ill in bed
Around the Spring Festival in 1997, Zhao Zhiyong, who was still serving in the army, suddenly received the news that his father was seriously ill, so after reporting to the organization, Zhao Zhiyong gave priority to the opportunity to go home to visit his relatives. It turned out that before this, Zhao Zhiyong's father had fainted at home, and when he was sent to the hospital, he knew that it was caused by cerebral hemorrhage. Although Zhao Jinhai had medical insurance at that time, if he wanted to be completely cured, it was far from enough to rely on medical insurance money. At that time, there were many children in the family, and the family's savings were simply not enough to support this huge medical expense, so it could only be treated simply at that time.
hospital
Zhao Zhiyong, who was serving in the army at that time, because his family did not want him to be distracted by this worry, so he kept it a secret, this time Zhao Jinhai suddenly fainted again, and it has reached the point of rescue, and relatives had no choice but to inform Zhao Zhiyong. As the eldest son in the family, Zhao Zhiyong is about to pick up this burden. Zhao Jinhai suddenly suffered a cerebral hemorrhage this time, and if he did not perform surgery immediately, his life would be in danger. Although doctors are not sure if they will be cured after surgery, this is the only way to do it for now.
After listening to the doctor's words, Zhao Zhiyong had mixed feelings in his heart. The cost of surgery is not a small amount for an ordinary family, all the family's savings are far from enough, and there are all the poor people around them, and there is no way out for a living. To be completely cured, follow-up treatment is another large amount of money. His father had worked for the family for most of his life, how to bear to let it go, but in the face of this high cost of surgery, Zhao Zhiyong, who had not yet retired from the army at that time, was worried.
Stepping point location Xinghua Road
Zhao Zhiyong's affairs were known to more and more people in society, and one of them found him in a similar situation. The person who was next to the disease told Zhao Zhiyong that he had a way to get money quickly and more, but the risk was very large. It is difficult for a person who has been forced to a dead end to maintain his sanity, and the anxious Zhao Zhiyong did not hesitate to agree to him after listening to it. This man said that once when he was buying medicine on the street, he saw the money keeper take out a box full of banknotes from the cash truck, and he thought of robbing the bank, but because his own strength was limited. Now that Zhao Zhiyong, who is a military man, has joined the plan halfway through, a bank robbery has officially started.
Taxi in the snow
Zhao Zhiyong formed a 5-person bank robbery squad, only guns have deterrent power, and they got a few guns on the black market. In order to hide their eyes and ears, after many inspections, they set the location of the robbery in Xinji Market, 60 kilometers away from Shijiazhuang. Because he was familiar with the terrain and roads here, and he was also at a certain distance from the city of Xinle, where his parents were located. Weapons and personnel are in place, how to escape? In the remote suburbs of Xinji, Zhao Zhiyong and others robbed a taxi as a means of transportation to escape, planned an escape route, and now "everything is ready only to the East."
Turn on the cash truck
The leather of Xinji is famous in the country, where many merchants and workers from all over the world are gathered. On January 10, 1997, Shijiazhuang was particularly cold in winter, and there were not many pedestrians on the street, but the bank was crowded with people. As the New Year approaches, bank loans and money withdrawals have skyrocketed, and the cash reserves of credit unions have not been enough to support the supply of people, and a group of people are waiting for the emergency of cash trucks.
Robbers attack money trucks (non-Zhao Zhiyong et al. case map)
With the sound of several rhythmic whistles, two staff members escorting banknotes came down from the cash truck, carrying boxes containing banknotes to be handed over to the bank's reception staff, and He Cunmei, who was responsible for receiving, ran out of the business hall. At this time, Zhao Zhiyong and his party, who had already stepped on Xinghua Road, rushed out, and with a gunshot, He Cunmei fell in a pool of blood. He Cunmei's fall to the ground did not make Zhao Zhiyong and others panic, but because of the shooting of his accomplices, others also began to shoot at the staff with guns, and one of the drivers of the cash truck who did not dodge in time was also shot and fell to the ground.
Robbers fleeing with boxes containing banknotes
After the money carrier and the bank clerk dispersed, Zhao Zhiyong and the five people began to attack the cash box and fled the scene in a stolen taxi. In order to successfully escape the chaos of the scene, they also specially threw banknotes along the street, which attracted a lot of people to rob. When the police came to the scene of the crime, the 790,000 cash on the cash truck and Zhao Zhiyong and others had long disappeared, leaving a bright red blood stain, and the bank cashier He Cunmei was killed on the spot, and the police chasing sight was lost.
Cause people around to watch
In 1997, China's domestic communication networks were not yet complete, and the means for the police to investigate cases were extremely limited. Although the police searched the whole city at the first time, only the abandoned taxi was found, and there was no detection point for the whereabouts of Zhao Zhiyong and others, this bank robbery and murder case that shocked the whole country became a mystery case.
04. Retreat from the whole body to the peak of life
After the incident, Zhao Zhiyong took the stolen money to his father who continued to do the operation for the first time, and claimed that he had borrowed money from a friend, and did not mention the true origin of the money to the family. With the life-saving money, his father's health gradually improved, and Zhao Zhiyong turned back to the army to continue to be his people's soldier.
Shijiazhuang Yuhua District People's Court
In 1998, Zhao Zhiyong successfully completed his service tasks, and after he was discharged from the army, the army had a treatment of resettlement, and Zhao Zhiyong was arranged to work in the people's court of Yuhua District, Shijiazhuang City, with his undergraduate law diploma. During his tenure in the court, Zhao Zhiyong worked actively and seriously, coupled with the experience of a soldier, and was soon transferred to the executive bureau as an executive. After entering the work of the Executive Bureau, Zhao Zhiyong's professional ability was more prominent, and he took over nearly a thousand cases before and after.
The internal environment of the Yuhua Court
In 2015, when a company in Shijiazhuang owed millions of dollars to employees and suppliers on the grounds of bankruptcy, Zhao Zhiyong took the execution team to a number of provinces, and finally after several months of hard work, the salary and payment were successfully recovered, and he was promoted from executive to deputy director of the executive bureau. Zhao Zhiyong's achievements are in everyone's eyes, he is not only the pride of the Zhao family, but also the "benchmark" of the law enforcement community, and the honorary certificate is soft.
Media reported Zhao Zhiyong: "Work by conscience, execute with faith"
These halos could not hide the crimes that Zhao Zhiyong had committed, and over the years, the greater Zhao Zhiyong's honor, the stronger his sense of guilt and guilt in his heart. As if to numb his own mind, or to alleviate his guilt, he had always had the habit of taking notes, and he always wrote down his glorious deeds and then looked at them silently. The legal net was restored without leakage, and even if Zhao Zhiyong's perfect cover-up was, he still could not escape the pursuit of the law.
note
05. The legal net is restored and not leaked
In 2020, the national public security department ordered another nationwide review of past cases, and after more than two decades, Zhao Zhiyong's case was reopened again. On July 23 of the same year, the Xinji Municipal Public Security Bureau released the results of the investigation of the case:
In a "robbery and murder case" that occurred in front of the Xinji Rural Credit Union 23 years ago, all five murderers were arrested, and one of them became the deputy director of the executive bureau of the Yuhua District People's Court in Shijiazhuang City.
Xinji Public Security announced that the robbery of a cash truck 23 years ago was broken
Although more than two decades have passed since zhao Zhiyong's case, the police have not given up the investigation. At that time, due to the limitation of detection technology and scientific and technological influence, the case was sealed for 23 years. Now, with the improvement of genetic technology and biometric technology, when the police conducted a comprehensive technical scan and search of the taxi of that year, they found the hair and un erased fingerprints of the robbers, so the case found a breakthrough and the truth gradually surfaced.
Tencent News reported on the Bank robbery in Xinji
On July 20, 2020, the Xinji Police successfully captured the main suspect in the bank robbery and homicide case 23 years ago through a set of DNA comparisons, and then obtained information from the suspect's mouth and several other people. In the end, except for one criminal who had passed away, all the other robbers were arrested. An auxiliary police officer who witnessed the scene once said this in the report:
"Judging from the actions and methods of the assailant's shooting, it is speculated that the suspect resembles a soldier."
Comments on robberies
But at that time, no one wanted this speculation to be true, because the soldiers were the people's disciples and soldiers defending the motherland, and no one wanted to ruin the image of the soldiers, and how could they think that the people who pointed the muzzle of the gun at the masses would be the supreme Chinese soldiers. No one could have imagined that in the case that had been drowned out for more than twenty years, the murderer was so close at hand that he was actually the deputy director of the court's executive bureau, who had been repeatedly reported by the media as a "servant of the people".