China: Head of chemical factory found guilty of paying bribes to sidestep safety regulations, among 49 jailed for 2015 Tianjin chemical blast
"Tianjin chemical blast: China jails 49 for disaster", 9 Nov 2016
A Chinese court has handed a suspended death sentence to the head of a chemical factory for his role in blasts that killed 173 people last year. Ruihai Logistics chairman Yu Xuewei was also fined more than 700,000 yuan (about $100,000) over the disaster in the eastern port city of Tianjin. He is among 49 staff and government officials jailed for their role in the firm's illegal operations. Most of the dead were firefighters and police. Eight bodies were never found…
The Ruihai Logistics chairman was found guilty of paying bribes allowing his company to sidestep safety regulations when storing sodium cyanide and other dangerous chemicals. Others sentenced were found guilty on charges ranging from abuse of power to storing dangerous substances illegally…