Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 603 Traitor

The purpose of Louis Botha's coming to Roque was not just to plead for Laurent Buckle. In October, the Ministry of Justice continued to act. More and more, several key departments of the federal government can be said to be in danger. Many people have submitted their resignations to Louis Botha, which has seriously affected the normal work.

To put it bluntly, there are really few officials who can stand the investigation these days, not to mention that before the establishment of the federal government, the economic situation of most Boer officials was not very good. They almost lost their lives in the Boer War. Everything, economically and politically, was vastly different from before the Boer War.

Therefore, after these people took power, their eating habits were really ugly. The British officials were a little restrained, but the Boer officials were simply unscrupulous.

For example, the Legislative Council Building in Bloemfontein has serious fabricated costs and cut corners. The Legislative Council Building, which could have been built for only 40 yuan, ended up with a total expenditure of 110 million yuan, and many places indicate that marble structures must be used , was secretly replaced with reinforced concrete, so that in the end, it is estimated that 40 yuan will not be used up.

This situation is actually a big blow to the image of the federal government.

Before the establishment of the federal government, most of the officials in southern Africa were appointed by the British mainland, such as Adelaide, Philip, and the Earl of Selborne. They were all appointed by London and parachuted into southern Africa to be responsible for the management of southern Africa.

During the British colonial period, the chaos in southern Africa was understandable. After all, southern Africa had no autonomy, and all matters large and small had to be consulted to London. The communication situation at that time was extremely bad, so the management chaos was understandable.

Now that the federal government is established, officials are all elected by locals, and most of them are native Afrikaners. Under such circumstances, if a large-scale scandal breaks out in the federal government, one can imagine the blow to the image of the federal government.

Now some people in Cape Town are advocating the British colonial era. At least in the colonial era, the colonial government’s expenditures mainly relied on the financial support of the British mainland. However, the current federal government is wasting the hard work of the southern Africans. money.

When Louis Botha came to Rock, he hoped that the Ministry of Justice would accept it as soon as it was good. Even if the investigation was to continue, it would be best to deal with it internally instead of announcing everything to the public.

"Louis, it is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice to crack down on crimes. As long as there are still people committing crimes, the Ministry of Justice will definitely investigate to the end. As for the news media, they have the right to speak out freely. In my opinion, the media's Their role is not enough, they can fully exercise their supervisory power, then at least it will be a deterrent to those criminals." Rock refused decisively, and in troubled times, he used heavy codes to cut the mess quickly, blindly covering up, and it didn't work at all. Some effect.

To put it bluntly, if some officials are afraid of the review of the Ministry of Justice, then they can resign or simply go abroad to seek refuge. There are plenty of people with legs.

As far as the current situation in southern Africa is concerned, Henry and Rock talked about it during private meals. Some positions, even if a dog is tied to the office, have the same effect.

Sometimes even better.

"Locke, of course we want to crack down on various crimes, but the method is debatable. The Legislative Council is formulating relevant laws to regulate the behavior of government employees. I believe that after the relevant laws are promulgated, similar situations will be much better. Now the main The problem is that there are too many problems left over from the colonial era, and officials of the federal government also need a process of adaptation before they can really enter the working state—"Louis Botha certainly didn't want Roque to bend the law for personal gain. Bottom line.

In another time and space, after Adelaide left southern Africa, he never returned to southern Africa. The first prime minister of the federal government of southern Africa was Louis Botha.

Counting from his time as Prime Minister of the Transvaal, another time and space, Louis Botha served as Prime Minister for 13 years. Until his death, Louis Botha was the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Southern Africa.

During this period, Louis Botha integrated Southern Africa, participated in the First World War, sent troops to occupy German Southwest Africa at the request of Britain, and also attended the Versailles Conference.

In southern Africa in this time and space, because of the appearance of Rock, Louis Botha did not get the stage he deserved, but Louis Botha still has the ability, but compared with Ade, Louis Botha is still almost prestigious, so Luis Botha was the next best thing.

After all, no one knows how long Adelaide will be prime minister. Philip is ready to compete for the post of prime minister after Adelaide leaves office. Of course, Louis Botha also has his own political ambitions.

Therefore, compared with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture's problem is not big. Louis Botha also came to Roque because of the overall image of Boer officials.

Compared with Philip, Louis Botha obviously doesn't have enough weight in Rock's heart, so Rock doesn't care about the image of Boer officials. If more and more Boer officials can be attacked through the Ministry of Justice, it will affect the Roque liked the reputation of Louis Botha.

However, the development of the situation clearly exceeded Rock's expectations.

At the end of October, the Ministry of Justice sent a group of officials, including Laurent Buckle, to Cape Town for trial. As a result, the train transporting these officials was attacked by bandits on the way. The bandits wantonly destroyed the railway and forced the train to stop. The train was then strafed with heavy machine guns and set on fire.

Nearly [-] police officers who escorted these officials were killed on the spot, some of the officials under trial were taken away, Laurent Buckle was executed on the spot, and a note with the word "traitor" was left on his body.

When the news reached Pretoria, Ade was furious. He immediately called Henry and Roque to the Justice Palace for a reprimand, and asked Henry and Roque to solve the case within a time limit.

The case was so bad that Henry and Roque didn't expect that the gangster actually possessed a heavy weapon like a heavy machine gun. This was beyond the scope of ordinary gangsters, so it was not difficult to investigate.

The difficulty is how to bring these culprits to justice. The location where the train was attacked was in West Victoria, Cape, more than 750 kilometers away from Johannesburg. It is not easy to investigate. When Pretoria got the news , It was already the third day after the incident, and the criminals had enough time to escape.

"Look, that's the bad thing about three capitals, criminals commit a crime in Bloemfontein, they're investigated in Pretoria, they're sent to Cape Town for trial, and maybe they're sent back to Pretoria Leah is serving her sentence, so what's the point of all this fuss?" Henry was also very worried, not to mention the waste of resources, the key is that it is inefficient.

"It's meaningless to talk about it now. We only have one month, so let's act now." Rock doesn't complain, the situation is like this, complaining can't solve any problems, and it's serious to solve the case as soon as possible. Ade only gives Henry and Roque for a month.

This is already considering that the territory of southern Africa is too large, so it was only given for one month. Otherwise, Ead's character, coupled with the severity of the case, gave three days is a great kindness.

"How to check?" Henry was indeed suffering from Rock dependence.

"How else can we investigate? The bandits used heavy machine guns, so let's start from this aspect." Rock already has a secret case, but he can't tell Henry in too much detail.

To investigate this kind of matter, the power of Umbrella and Brad must be called, but Umbrella and Brad are secrets belonging to Nyasaland, and they cannot be told directly to Henry, so it is enough to just tell Henry the result.

"Why can the gangsters get heavy weapons like heavy machine guns?" Henry is also big-headed. The gangsters have heavy machine guns, which will bring greater danger to the military and police. The general police probably cannot deal with this kind of gangsters.

Considering the specific situation in southern Africa, guns cannot be banned in southern Africa. After the establishment of the federal government, the military and police in southern Africa also tried every means to reduce the number of guns owned by the people. In southern Africa, ordinary people cannot even own rifles, etc. High-power weapons, even farmers in remote areas, can only have conventional weapons such as shotguns, shotguns, and pistols.

So Henry really couldn’t figure it out.

"It's normal. During the Boer War, there were too many guns left by the people. Although guns were confiscated and registered in various places after the war, there were inevitably omissions. But this is also a good opportunity. We can take this opportunity to conduct another large-scale investigation. This time To completely eliminate these hidden dangers, anyone who wants to keep these heavy weapons will be dealt with as a criminal act." Rock is ruthless, and it is true that he is not ruthless.

Southern Africa is vast and sparsely populated, with an area of ​​more than 300 million square kilometers, and only about 200 million people. Therefore, the situation faced by farmers in many remote areas is very complicated. The threat to the farm is not only criminals with ulterior motives, but also Wild animals everywhere.

Therefore, it is a common practice for ordinary people in southern Africa to hold guns. It is not easy to confiscate guns and weapons. After all, compared with the huge land area, the military and police are still powerless. The police are unreliable, and farmers are still required to take up arms to protect their own interests.

It is precisely because of this reason that the registration of firearms in southern Africa has not been going smoothly. This time, Rock is also ruthless, and he must solve this problem no matter what.

(End of this chapter)