I found out that I have a record of being imprisoned! What's even more outrageous is that... a woman is looking for a job. Political review in Suichuan, Jiangxi | Ms. | Female

A certificate of no criminal record is very important for many job seekers, especially those applying for public service positions. In March of this year, Ms. Ji, a resident of Lianyungang, reported that while applying for a job and obtaining a certificate of no criminal record, she discovered a major problem that had been hidden in her file for over a decade, almost causing her to be unable to work normally. What's going on here?

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The woman discovered that she had a criminal record

Ms. Ji said that in March of this year, due to job application requirements, she went to the local public security organs in Lianyungang to apply for a certificate of no criminal record. The response from the public security organs shocked her greatly.

"The local police station refused to open it for me, saying that I had a case record. In 2009, I was serving a sentence in Jiangxi Women's Prison for a fraud case. In fact, in 2009, I worked in Kunshan."

Ms. Ji said that the local public security police in Lianyungang told her after inquiry that there was an alias named Shi in her registered residence system, which involved a criminal case in Jiangxi Province. The system showed that she served her sentence in Jiangxi local prison around 2009.

In 2009, she herself was working in Kunshan, Suzhou and had never been to Jiangxi, nor had she received any news of being investigated and dealt with for illegal activities. In order to figure out what was going on, she contacted the police in Suichuan, Jiangxi.

"Their on duty captain told me that there was a meeting to discuss this matter on Monday afternoon. When I called again on Monday afternoon, they said they were correcting this matter and said that it wasn't me who committed the crime at the time, maybe they used my ID card."

After multiple contacts and communications, at the end of March, the Suichuan police in Jiangxi Province issued a certificate to the Duigou Police Station in Guannan County, Lianyungang City, where Ms. Ji had applied for a certificate of no criminal record. The certificate stated that they had arrested a fraud suspect in April 2009, and the suspect reported Ms. Ji's name and relevant information. The police then entered Ms. Ji's identity information into the case handling system.

After investigation, it was found that the real name of the suspect was Mr. Shi, and Ms. Ji was not suspected of committing a crime in the case. After receiving this proof, the local police station in Lianyungang issued a certificate of no criminal record to Ms. Ji, and she was able to start working normally. But for Ms. Ji, this proof cannot dispel her various doubts.

"I hope the Suichuan Public Security Bureau in Jiangxi can quickly delete this case for me because it has various impacts on me and I feel this pressure every day." However, the other party did not provide a clear processing time, "just told me that this matter is being processed.".

On May 9th, more than a month later, when the reporter accompanied Ms. Ji back to the Duigou Police Station in Guannan County, Lianyungang City, the staff checked and found that Ms. Ji's criminal record had not been deleted.

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A mistake was delayed by the police for fourteen years

Ms. Ji reported that this incident occurred in March of this year, and at the same time, she also reported her situation to the police in Suichuan, Ji'an, Jiangxi. Although the Suichuan police issued her with a certificate that someone had impersonated her for committing a crime, her criminal record was still not deleted on the police platform until mid June.

In order to understand the whole story, who impersonated her for committing the crime, and how she was sentenced at that time, the reporter and the lawyer entrusted by Ms. Ji went to Suichuan County in Ji'an, Jiangxi to retrieve the original case files from the Suichuan County People's Court.

At the People's Court of Suichuan County, the staff stated that they had searched the case materials three times since 1998, but they did not find any materials related to Ms. Ji.

"Our director said we searched for records from 1998 to the present, but none of Ms. Ji's were indexed. Unless she was a minor back then, it's possible that her criminal record was sealed. If it's not possible, then it's not."

Lawyer Wu Bo from Jiangsu Su Bo Law Firm stated that there were no judgments formed by the name of Ms. Ji, a party involved. There may be several situations: the first situation is that the court did not make a judgment in the name of the party involved at that time; The second scenario is that the case may have been deliberately concealed; There is another situation, which was not ruled by this court at that time. To figure it out, the only way is to ask the public security organs, because this mistake was made by the investigating public security organs.

After multiple contacts, the lawyer found the Suichuan County Public Security Bureau. After investigation, police officers from the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Suichuan County Public Security Bureau in Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province confirmed that the illegal and criminal records under Ms. Ji's name have indeed not been deleted.

"We have already reported to the Criminal Police Detachment of Ji'an City, as this matter requires approval from two levels: the regulatory system and the case handling system. Both systems have reached the city level, and our work here has been completed."

The police said that when the case was arrested in 2009, the suspect was indeed recorded into the public security system as Ms. Ji, but during the follow-up investigation, it was found that the suspect had falsely used Ms. Ji's identity, and his real identity was Shi, a Guoyang native of Anhui Province. Because he himself was not the investigating police officer at the time, other information cannot be disclosed.

However, the police stated that if a suspect impersonates their identity during the investigation, the police will detain them using the impersonated identity. Any errors discovered during the review process will be corrected.

Lawyer Wu Bo from Jiangsu Su Bo Law Firm said, "The public security department should have known that this information was wrong when handling the case, which means they should have known about it more than a decade ago. However, for more than a decade, they did not actively apply to eliminate this criminal record until the parties themselves discovered it this year."

At the beginning, when the suspect pretended to be Ms. Ji, the police in Suichuan, Jiangxi Province recorded the illegal and criminal records in Ms. Ji's name, which we can understand. However, after finding that the suspect's real name is Mr. Shi and the case has nothing to do with Ms. Ji, he did not delete the illegal and criminal record under Ms. Ji's name, even marked Mr. Shi as Ms. Ji's alias, so that Mr. Shi's prison service information can be recorded under Ms. Ji's name. This behavior is difficult to understand. Since the facts are clear and Ms. Ji has not committed any crimes, the police in Suichuan, Jiangxi should accelerate the process, clear Ms. Ji's criminal record, and consider investigating the responsibility of relevant personnel. We will continue to monitor the final handling of this matter.