On July 15, 2000 (June 14, 2000 lunar calendar), five officials of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection were burned to death in a fire at the Yingguesthouse in Shantou. People's Daily - Shantou Yingguesthouse fire At around 3 am on July 15, 2000, the Yingguesthouse in Shantou City suddenly caught fire. During the fire, Zhang Jiankun, who lived in Building 2, escaped by chance. According to Zhang's exchange memories with the waiter that night, Building 2 of the Yingguesthouse should be a house dedicated to the investigators of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, and generally there would be no other residents. On that day, the waiter also agreed to let the five people stay after seeing that they all held work permits for the organs and units. Zhang said that the Commission for Discipline Inspection should have handled the case here for a long time. The day before the incident, the investigators of the Commission for Discipline Inspection had sealed the case and were ready to ship it Unexpectedly, there was a sudden bizarre fire. After the bizarre fire killed officials, it was quickly bombarded by media reports at home and abroad, and various versions were constantly updated. The most typical account is that the sudden bizarre fire killed five officials of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. When verifying the identities of the deceased, it was found that five of them were members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Bureau sent to Shantou to investigate the case. They all lived in the room of Building 2 and died of suffocation. The bodies of the five people were transported to the funeral home that day and were guarded by special personnel, waiting for the relevant departments to investigate. Some media described more "details": the people living in Building 2 were members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection task force. They had lived in the building for more than a year and were reported to be investigating the smuggling case in Shantou. In addition, Building 2 also houses officials from the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Public Security Bureau who assist in handling the case. This group of task force personnel is the elite of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and has participated in the investigation of major smuggling cases in Zhanjiang. In 1998, after handling the major smuggling cases in Zhanjiang, they were ordered to move to Shantou to investigate the major smuggling cases in Shantou. During this time, this group of investigators was transferred to Xiamen to investigate the smuggling case of Yuanhua Group. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection encountered many difficulties in investigating and handling major smuggling cases in Shantou. The local smuggling groups organized an intricate network, and the traditional xenophobia in Chaoshan area, so the investigation team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has been unable to make a breakthrough. However, the then Premier Zhu of the State Council has always demanded a strict investigation of the smuggling situation in Shantou, and the troops will not be accepted unless the investigation is found out. Therefore, the head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection is stationed here. There are rumors that the investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection may have hindered the interests of some groups, so it cannot be ruled out that some people colluded with the underworld to retaliate against murder and arson. After the fire broke out, in the face of the sudden disaster and complex situation, the central government attached great importance to it and asked the relevant departments in Guangdong to fully investigate the cause of the fire and solve the case. Guangdong Province dispatched Liang Guoju, director of the Provincial Public Security Department, to Shantou to personally direct the investigation. A few days after the official investigation determined that the fire broke out in Building 2 of Shantou Ying Hotel accidentally, state media released news that the cause of the fire in Shantou Ying Hotel "July 15", which has attracted much attention from all parties, was found out. After the fire accident investigation experts of the Ministry of Public Security and experts composed of provincial and municipal public security organs and fire departments, on-site investigation, It was unanimously determined that the cause of the fire was the overheating failure of the electronic thermos bottle in Room 204 of Building 2, which ignited the flammable plastic parts of the bottle and spread into a disaster. The on-site investigation did not find any suspicious clues of arson, ruling out the possibility of arson and leftover fires. Building 2 of the Ying Hotel, which caused the fire, was renovated and put into use in 1987. There was no fire alarm or automatic sprinkler system. The decoration used a large number of flammable and flammable materials, which allowed the fire to spread. The four people who were stranded in Room 204 at that time, including Jin Junzhong, Chen Hanxin, Zheng Zaihua, and Lin Qunliang, were not residents. These four people, together with the waiter on duty, were later detained by the public security organs. The local government has not explained the list of people who stayed in Building 2 that night. One detail is that Li Chunhong, who was the acting mayor of Shantou at the time, and his son, who was studying abroad in Japan, were also in the building that night. After the fire broke out, Li was about to break through the door and rush out. The son convinced Li not to go out at this time, but to stand by for help. According to the fire safety knowledge he learned during his study abroad, he first blocked the gap in the window with clothes, towels, etc., and at the same time splashed water on the doors, windows and clothes to prevent smoke from entering, and called for help. Eventually, he was rescued by rescue personnel. Other passengers who were in the same predicament as them died in the fire because they did not know how to escape and save themselves. Shantou Yinghotel is still a sensitive case. After the incident, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Supervision made a decision to posthumously award the honorary title of "National Excellent Discipline Inspection and Supervision Cadre" to the comrades who died in the work of handling the case. In addition, for the cases handled by the Commission for Discipline Inspection, the official account is that in April of that year, the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Shantou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection formed a joint investigation team to investigate the serious violation of discipline and law by Zhou Qalong, the party secretary of Yuanzhen, Hexi Town, Chaoyang City. Just as the case investigation entered a critical stage, in the early morning of July 15, the electronic equipment in Room 7, Building 2, Shantou Yinghotel, where the investigation team was The Shantou Public Security Bureau refused to be interviewed by reporters. The police in charge of news and publicity said that because it took too long, such major cases must be approved by the Ministry of Public Security before they can be disclosed. And after a long time, maybe the police officer handling the case also retired, and he did not know the specific case. It's just that there are all kinds of rumors from the outside world, but it was finally confirmed that it was a safety accident caused by an electric kettle boiling water. Today, Building 2 of the Ying Hotel has been bulldozed, and now a flower bed has been built. A staff member in charge of outreach at the Shantou Ying Hotel introduced to this magazine that because of the special status of the deceased, the social impact is relatively large, and people continue to mention it to this day. He said that over the years, the relevant departments of Shantou and the hotel also fought a lawsuit against the Japanese electrical appliance company that produces electronic thermos bottles for seven or eight years, and finally won the case, and the company compensated millions. What makes him remember deeply is that for the lawsuit, some departments in Shantou came forward at that time. "This may also be an operation method of the government. The government was pressured by public opinion to give an explanation." (Excerpted from "Oriental Outlook Weekly", "Big Weekend" and other newspapers, "Big Weekend" editor-in-chief: Zhang Junyi)