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[Wu Han]

Nationalist Party Barred from Elections
Prosecution Service investigation into Song Yi's death finds another culprit: The Nationalist Party of Indrala
Tian'an, Han - 25-26 May 4281


Left: The Prosecution Service raids the headquarters of the Nationalist Party; Right: The Prosecution Service raids the home of former-Chancellor Feng Xinyue

25 May 2581, 9:34 am: Attorney General Xu Jindong of the Supreme Prosecution Service (under the Ministry of Justice), makes an announcement to the media:

At approximately 12:50 am this morning, investigators from SPS raided the headquarters of the Nationalist Party, located in downtown Tian'an. Very few party staff were expected to be in the office at this time: 40 staff members were in the building at the time of the raid. As officials began the raid, some individuals on the sixth and fourteenth floors began shredding documents and smashing hard-drives. These thirteen individuals have been arrested for obstruction of a criminal investigation. Charges have not yet been laid. At 1:10 am, power was cut to the Party's electronic database, though this had very minimal impact on the data stored. Officers seized crates of documents, computers and other electronics, which will be examined in the coming week.

At 4:50 am, investigators raided the home of former-Chancellor Feng Xinyue. A device was used to bypass the keypad on the front gate of her home. Feng Xinyue was awake and drinking tea in her living room when investigators entered her home. All staff at the residence were instructed to stay in the living room as investigators gathered documents and hard-drives. Feng Xinyue has been placed under house arrest.

This investigation has been ongoing for the past four years. Following evidence provided to the SPS by a whistleblower in the Party and by two members of the Republican Party's defunct "Agro-Alliance" in exchange for immunity, the Supreme Prosecution Service made the decision to substantiate documents which it had gained through leaks by raiding the headquarters.

Today I am here to announce that the SPS will be moving forward with criminal charges against 20 individuals associated with the Nationalist Party including former-Chancellor Feng Xinyue and former-Minister for Finance Luo Bo for conspiracy to commit murder and treason, one count of terrorism resulting in death, and three counts of committing a terrorist act.

We have learned from our investigation that the assassination of Republican Party Leader Song Yi goes beyond members of her own party and Chen Ruogang. The Nationalist Party, in an effort to sway public opinion toward their proposed return to monarchy and demonize the opposition, organized and carried out the May 4274 acid bombings. Deeming this as insufficient, the Nationalist Party Leadership provided funding and contacts to the Agro-Alliance after it became clear that they were planning the assassination of Song Yi. One of the hitmen reports speaking directly to Feng Xinyue over the phone on the day of the assassination, and being ordered to "keep it clean." These details are all I can share at this moment as the SPS prepares its case. We are very confident that this case will receive guilty verdicts against all 20 individuals charged.

The Nationalist Party will also henceforth be known to police and prosecutors as a criminal organization. We have passed forward this information to the National Electoral Commission.

The case will be prosecuted by Supreme Prosecution Service Prosecutor Yi Guangli. We have no further comments at this time.

The Attorney General did not respond to questions.

25 May 2581, 1:30 pm: Deputy-Minister Sun Zexi of the National Electoral Commission (under the Ministry of Internal Affairs) issues a press release:

... Due to the criminal charges leveled against the Nationalist Party and its leadership, and in recognition of its status as a criminal organization, the party will be barred indefinitely from participating in elections at every level of government in Indrala.

26 May 2581, 2:00 pm: Former-Chancellor Feng Xinyue is brought before a judge to enter her plea to the court. She pleads guilty to all charges and delivers a short remark:

I realise now the harm I've caused to the party and the people. I plead guilty and I regret my crimes. I now understand the grave sin I have committed. I plan to spend the rest of my days trying to repent for what I have done. I am sorry.

Feng speaking to the courtroom

OOC: This event has been consented to by all players involved.

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Originally posted by Wu Han on 2 October 2017.