BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- China has meted out punishment
to 113 people held responsible for a fatal landslide in north China
last year that killed at least 277 people, top work safety official said Friday.
Among the total, 51 were transferred to judicial
organs for criminal charges and 62 received disciplinary penalties, said Luo
Lin, head of the State Administration of Work Safety.
The collapse of an unlicensed iron ore dregs
retaining pond triggered a massive landslide on Sept. 8 in Xiangfen county of
the coal-rich Shanxi Province. The torrent of mud and mining waste buried an
outdoor market near a village of more than 1,000 residents.
On Dec. 3, the government put the death toll to 277
and said another four are still missing. Investigations found the collapse was
due to negligence. The tailings dumping pond was built in violation of
regulation and had almost no safety inspections.
A total of 22 local officials had been arrested and
would be prosecuted on charges of graft and dereliction of duty, the government
said in October. The disaster caused Meng Xuenong, the governor of Shanxi, to
resign.
China saw fewer accidents at work places in the first
quarter, with the number of accidents, including traffic accidents, dropping
14.9 percent year on year and total death toll falling 7.6 percent, said the
administration Friday.
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