China detains 11 over deadly warehouse explosion

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese prosecutors have detained 11 government officials and company executives over a massive warehouse explosion that killed at least 145 people in the country's worst industrial disaster in recent years.

A notice on the national prosecutor's website said Thursday they included current and retired officials in the port city of Tianjin, along with others working for the company that runs the port, the largest in northern China.

All the government officials are accused of dereliction of duty and abusing their positions, the notice said. They are from agencies overseeing transportation, port operations, workplace safety, planning and land resources, and customs. It points to a charge that the dereliction of duty was widespread and included several departments.

The Aug. 12 explosions at the warehouse owned by Ruihai Logistics were not only one of China's worst accidents but the deadliest ever for first responders, with 115 police and firefighters among the dead and missing.

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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2015 photo, a shattered window frames the site of an explosion at a port warehouse in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality. Chinese prosecutors have detained 11 government officials and company executives over a massive warehouse explosion that killed at least 139 people in the country's worst industrial disaster in recent years. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan. File)

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[davidpdx]

1. There won't be a trial, they'll be executed

and any investigation will be covered up. The government doesn't want to take responsibility because then they would have to payout money to all those who were killed and admit they made a mistake not enforcing the law. I have to wonder how many more of these warehouses are close to residential areas.