On September 13, 2002, the incident was published in the newspaper, the Tourism Bureau, the Health Bureau and the police intervened in the investigation. Attached: A copy of the newspaper clipping.

On September 14, 2002, contacted the tour guide Wang Shiguo. Audio file 01520020914wav.

"Hello, Mr. Wang, thank you for accepting our interview."

"I agreed on the phone before..."

"Of course, this is the reward we agreed on. We will pay half of it first and the other half. We will pay you after the interview."

Ruddy...swish...

"Well. Just ask whatever you want."

"First of all, do you have the same symptoms as those tourists?"

"No. I don't feel that way... But tourists, not all of them, are sick, right?"

"Yes. Can you think of the difference? What different things have you done during the tour with symptoms and asymptomatic tourists?"

"I didn't notice it. The Health Bureau checked the diet, but it was not easy to check. They couldn't find it out, and I couldn't remember it either. People at the same table were eating, some people ate this dish, some people ate that... and in the scenic area, during free time, they bought some food and drinks by themselves, and I couldn't know everything."

"So, do you have any special impression of this trip? Is there anything that makes you feel special?"

"No... I said the same to the government. There is nothing special, just like the team I used to lead... It's similar to the sights, food and accommodation. Some small changes are also because the seasonal things are different. You can't say that when you see flowers in spring, snow in winter, snow is special, right? I really don't know what's wrong."

"Mr. Wang, if this is the case, then the remaining half of the remuneration we agreed on before may be wasted."

"How can you do this?"

“The clues you provide make no sense to us.”

"Then I can't make up, right? Nothing happened!"

"Nothing happened, nine people have died in the same way?"

"That...I...I really don't know..."

"Have the tourists you led the team had any similar problems before?"

"No, just this time... I have been thinking about it for a long time. The police have questioned me for a day yesterday, and I have listed one by one... I really don't know what went wrong. I must know, I have said it a long time ago. What are the benefits for myself without hiding it? I still have suspicions!"

"If you want to clean up the suspicion, please recall everything that happened in those five days. Please tell us everything from the beginning of the trip."

"Huh... from the beginning... it was very ordinary from the beginning, just like leading the team before, gathered at the airport. I sent everyone the hats and vests of the travel agency, and then told them the relevant discipline. It was not disciplined... It was to introduce the itinerary, explain the precautions, and ask them what you need, and ask them to come to me at any time, give them my mobile phone number, and the contact number of our local branch. Basically, it was a travel-related reminder, and then ask if there were any airsickness and whether there was any medical history... They had no serious illness, and the travel agency asked about it when registering. However, if we wanted to hide it, we had no choice but to hide it.

We are exempted from liability, and the contract is also written... Later, we lined up to check baggage and board the plane. Nothing happened on the plane, and it was a fair one. After landing, we lined up to collect luggage and went to the parking lot. The bus sent by the branch was already waiting. I knew the driver and have worked with me several times. The bus talked about local attractions and folk customs, and introduced the itinerary of the day. We landed at noon, first went to the hotel to put down our luggage and then had dinner in the hotel. The group I brought this time was very cooperative, unlike the few people who had encountered before, and they had a hard time, and they agreed to meet up time. They were always late, and the whole group waited for one or two, and everyone was not happy."

“What did you eat for lunch?”

"Just eating a very ordinary group meal... The police sent someone to investigate this. Like the previous times I led the team, it was not a local dish. The hotel has been cooperating with our travel agency, so the cooking tastes that we Minqing here. What I ate with was probably not a problem with that meal."

"Well. What's next?"

"The next afternoon itinerary, I went to a scenic spot near the hotel, Yunzhou Museum, which was exhibited in a lot of things, and there was also a tomb of Yunzhou Hou, which was quite large. The visit was a unified tour. I led the team and gave the introduction. Everyone was not separated. If there were photos or other needs, the others would wait for a while. But no one needed someone to wait for a long time. I went to the toilet in the middle, and someone did not go... I remember the police asked this. But I don't remember who there is. I didn't go."

“There is only one attraction that afternoon?”

"No... after the museum, I went to Yuntan Temple to worship Buddha. That was when I took a walk around, check out the big Buddha, the stone tablets and the attic behind it, and then everyone disbanded and moved freely. I don't know who burned incense and worshiped Buddha, and who did anything else... Well, I remember that there were seven or eight people who asked for a visa, and then bought something..."

"What's wrong with that temple?"

“…”

"Mr. Wang, have you concealed it from the police?"

"Oh... the temple and our travel agency have an appointment... we have commissions. That's it. There are basically such things in the industry... cooperation. I didn't do anything. Yuntan Temple is really a scenic spot, and the stone tablets and attics have a history of two or three hundred years. I didn't talk nonsense about it, nor did I fool them to buy things. Such things are true if they believe in them, and if they don't believe in them, right?"

"Do you remember who the tourists who bought things? Does it have anything to do with what happened this time?"

"It shouldn't matter. I remember that if a dead person bought the consecrated talisman, and some died, and they didn't buy anything."

"Well. What about the itinerary afterward?"

"I ate local dishes in the evening. It is also a restaurant that our travel agency cooperates with, specializing in tourist business. It's impossible for them... I ate that in the evening, and then went back to the hotel, and everyone rested. I told them that I should act privately and tell me where they are going. Then, if I need to be a tour guide, I must give some tips. No one comes to me at night, but to be honest, I don't know if they are going out. The tour group is not a spring outing in the school, and I am not a teacher. I have to keep watching, right?"

“Where is the itinerary for the next day?”

"The next day, I had breakfast in the hotel, and then took my luggage on the car and went to the scenic spots in Yunbei. I drove on the expressway for more than three hours. I got off the expressway and had a flower base in the suburbs of Yunbei. I went there to visit. Everyone took photos, and then if you were interested, I could buy some seeds or something. I ate lunch there, farmhouses, and the city people had never seen pigs running, so it was quite interesting to see the live pigs. The chickens and ducks were killed, and the fish were also taken out of the fish pond that day. You have to be willing to spend some money and get it yourself.

Ingredients. There were two children in the group who ran to catch chickens, and it was really a mess. Everyone was very happy to see it. After lunch, we went to the city area of ​​Yunbei and stayed in the hotel there. In the afternoon, we visited the city gate in the city center and then went to the Princess Mansion in Yunzhou. Both attractions were similar to those in the temple. I took them around, and then everyone was free to move around and took photos and so on. At night, we had dinner at the local restaurant, which was also a hotel for tourists. Then we went to the city gate to see the night view, and then we went back to the hotel."

"Nothing special happens all day?"

"No, that day..."

"What's wrong? What did you remember?"
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