Shenzhen landslide disaster: 11 arrests
for negligence
Shenzhen
prosecutors, late on Thursday, said a dispatcher and supervisor of the landfill, the chief
and deputy manager of a company in charge of it, and seven other people were arrested. They said
they have been charged with negligently causing a serious accident. The
landslide happened when a hill of construction waste collapsed, leaving
74 people either missing or dead. The formal arrests come three days after the
police took what Chinese media called "coercive measures"
against 12 people. It is thought the 11 arrested today were among those. Officials
have described the 20 December disaster as man-made, raising the possibility of
severe punishments for those they consider responsible. One official, whose job
involved regulating construction sites, apparently jumped to his death a week after
the landslide. It is not clear if he was being investigated for his role in
it. Officials have appealed for police and the public to help them find other
suspects apparently on the run.
Structure of the lead:
WHO- people
have been arrested
WHERE- Shenzhen
WHEN- 1 January 2016
WHAT- not
given
WHY- Eleven people in China have been arrested
for their alleged role in the Shenzhen landslide disaster.
Vocabulary:
Negligence: 玩忽職守
Dispatcher: 調度員
Supervisor:
監督者
Landfill:垃圾填埋場
Arrested:逮捕
Collapsed:倒塌
Coercive: 強制
Punishments:懲罰
Regulating:規定
Landslide:山崩
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