Criminal charges against 13 over Chinese tower block collapse.
A mid-level Communist Party secretary in Shanghai has been suspended and 13 people face criminal charges a month after a building collapsed nearly intact, as we reported last week.
Cai Jianzhong, the party official in the Meilong area, where the apartment building toppled over on June 27, was suspended and is under investigation, Xie Liming, a senior Shanghai official, told reporters.
Six people are being held by police and seven are out on bail awaiting trial, said Xie, head of the Shanghai Work Safety Administration. He declined to clarify whether Cai was among them.
Six companies, including the construction company and property developer have been ordered to pay a total of 1.5 million yuan (220,000 dollars) in fines, he said.
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