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On August 13, a recording of "I don't have the ability to support a company, but it's too easy to destroy a company" and "I have 50 million yuan in political achievements every year" was widely forwarded. Upstream News (reporting email: [email protected]) reporters learned that this statement was made by an enforcement officer of the Chengwu County Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Shandong Province during the communication with the company involved in the case.

Law enforcement officials said, "It's too easy to destroy a company." Image source/video screenshot

On August 14, the law enforcement officer involved, Zhang, responded that the company had taken his words out of context and that he had been punished for making inappropriate remarks.

Upstream News reporters learned that the incident was related to a suspected online pyramid scheme case investigated by the Chengwu County Market Supervision Administration. According to the "Administrative Penalty Notice" issued by the Chengwu County Market Supervision Administration on July 29, 2024, in addition to confiscating illegal gains, the Market Supervision Administration also imposed a total penalty of 5.4 million yuan on the three companies involved.

According to the case-related information obtained by Upstream News reporters, the company involved mentioned in the complaint materials that during the investigation and handling of the case, Zhang, an enforcement officer of the Chengwu County Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, had many unreasonable and irregular enforcement situations, including remarks made during the communication with the company. Multiple recordings show that Zhang said: "To put it bluntly, I really don't have the ability to support an enterprise, and it's too easy to bring down an enterprise. If you catch a small problem and magnify it, the enterprise will be finished." Regarding the company's proposal to provide contracts and other evidence to cooperate with the investigation, the staff member said: "It doesn't matter if you provide it or not, as long as the negotiation is not good, everything is equivalent to being invalid." At the same time, the law enforcement officer also mentioned that (this year) 21 million of the 50 million government achievements have been completed, and there is still a shortfall of 29 million.