14 punished in mine blasts, bridge collapse
By Li Qian |
January 11, 2012, Wednesday
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FOURTEEN people received sentences ranging from three years in prison to death with reprieve for causing the deaths of 149 people and injuries to 136 others in three serious work-safety accidents, the Supreme People's Court said yesterday.
The accidents include coal mine blasts in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and the northern Hebei Province and the collapse of an elevated freeway in the eastern Jiangsu Province.
The blast that ripped through the Xinxing Coal Mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang, killed 108 people and injured 133 on November, 21, 2009. As a result of poor ventilation, a gas leak poured into the main tunnel and triggered the huge explosion.
The state-owned Heilongjiang Longmei Mining Holding Group's subsidiary had been ordered to suspend operation before the explosion because its working certificate was invalid and the safety facilities were lacking. Two group officials, Xie Changrong and Yue Chaosheng, who were appointed as mine heads, instead resumed the operation. Both were sentenced to seven years. Also jailed were the chief engineer, Dong Qinkui, deputy head and supervisor of work safety, Liu Zongtuan, and another official, Wang Shou'an.
Another coal mine blast occurred at 8:30am on July 14, 2008, at Lijiawa Coal Mine in Yuxian County, Hebei, when explosives illegally stored in a pit ignited, killing 34 miners.
The owners of the unlicensed mine covered up the accident for almost three months and secretly transferred 28 bodies for cremation, making it the most notorious coal mine accident among the three.
The owners also destroyed the pit and buried the account books to erase all evidence. Infuriated families of the victims complained and the actions came to light three months later. The mine heads were also found to have offered more than 750,000 yuan (US$118,784)to government officials to look the other way.
Li Fakui was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve while his two brothers, Li Chengkui and Li Xiangkui, were imprisoned for life and six years, respectively. The trio were the mine owners.
Partners of the Li brothers - Su Zhengxi, Su Qiangquan and Deng Kaixing - were sentenced to 17 years, six years and two and a half years.
The other incident took place in Nanjing of Jiangsu last November. Steel frames of an elevated freeway under construction collapsed, killing seven workers and injuring three. Contractors Liang Zonggang, Shao Yin and Yang Jun were imprisoned for three years each for lax supervision and taking shortcuts in the construction process.
The accidents include coal mine blasts in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and the northern Hebei Province and the collapse of an elevated freeway in the eastern Jiangsu Province.
The blast that ripped through the Xinxing Coal Mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang, killed 108 people and injured 133 on November, 21, 2009. As a result of poor ventilation, a gas leak poured into the main tunnel and triggered the huge explosion.
The state-owned Heilongjiang Longmei Mining Holding Group's subsidiary had been ordered to suspend operation before the explosion because its working certificate was invalid and the safety facilities were lacking. Two group officials, Xie Changrong and Yue Chaosheng, who were appointed as mine heads, instead resumed the operation. Both were sentenced to seven years. Also jailed were the chief engineer, Dong Qinkui, deputy head and supervisor of work safety, Liu Zongtuan, and another official, Wang Shou'an.
Another coal mine blast occurred at 8:30am on July 14, 2008, at Lijiawa Coal Mine in Yuxian County, Hebei, when explosives illegally stored in a pit ignited, killing 34 miners.
The owners of the unlicensed mine covered up the accident for almost three months and secretly transferred 28 bodies for cremation, making it the most notorious coal mine accident among the three.
The owners also destroyed the pit and buried the account books to erase all evidence. Infuriated families of the victims complained and the actions came to light three months later. The mine heads were also found to have offered more than 750,000 yuan (US$118,784)to government officials to look the other way.
Li Fakui was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve while his two brothers, Li Chengkui and Li Xiangkui, were imprisoned for life and six years, respectively. The trio were the mine owners.
Partners of the Li brothers - Su Zhengxi, Su Qiangquan and Deng Kaixing - were sentenced to 17 years, six years and two and a half years.
The other incident took place in Nanjing of Jiangsu last November. Steel frames of an elevated freeway under construction collapsed, killing seven workers and injuring three. Contractors Liang Zonggang, Shao Yin and Yang Jun were imprisoned for three years each for lax supervision and taking shortcuts in the construction process.
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