In April 1999, the People's Republic of China **** and the General Administration of Customs Discipline Inspection Group and Supervision Bureau received a 74-page whistle-blowing letter, which reported and uncovered the Xiamen Far Eastern smuggling criminal syndicate to use various means to smuggle 50 billion yuan of the case, and which also involves the former Vice Minister of Public Security Li Jizhou, and other people's corruption issues.
Early 2000, the central government sent the "4200 investigation team", discipline inspection, supervision, customs, public security, procuratorate, courts, finance, taxation and other departments to handle the case, Xiamen smuggling case and related crimes of the case was basically clarified. During this period, *** more than 600 people involved in the case were examined, of which nearly 300 were held criminally responsible.