19 officials jailed for landslide killings
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CHINESE courts have sentenced 19 government officials and one business leader to prison for up to 20 years for their roles in a landslide which killed more than 70 people.
The disaster occurred in Shenzhen, a southern boom city bordering Hong Kong, at the end of 2015 when soil illegally piled 160 metres high at an old quarry site turned to mud during heavy rains.
Three local courts passed sentences at the end of April for 45 people who had been charged in connection with the landslide.
Long Renfu, the boss of Shenzhen Yixianglong, which was responsible for managing the site, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a fine of 10 million yuan (US$1.5 million) for negligence and corruption.
The former head of Shenzhen’s city administration bureau was also sentenced to 20 years and fined 8 million yuan, while an official from Guangming District was sentenced to 16 years for taking bribes.
Seventeen other officials were given sentences between three and seven years.
In August 2015, just months before the Shenzhen disaster, illegally stocked chemical products caused huge explosions in the northern port of Tianjin, killing at least 165 people.
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