State Functionary Arrested for Ship CapsizeLiu Qiang, a state functionary, has been arrested for negligence for failing to prevent a major boat accident, which occurred on the upper reaches of the Yangtze Rive on June 22 and killed 130 people on board when it capsized.The Procuratorate of Hejiang County, in southwest China's Sichuan Province, confirmed that as head of the Rongshan Station, where the boat capsized, Liu turned a blind eye and allowed the boat to be overloaded with people and did not perform a safety inspection. Liu's negligence resulted in the people's deaths and direct economic losses of over 3 million yuan, hence, he could not shrug off his responsibility, the procuratorate said. Liu is the first State functionary arrested for this case. The owner of the boat, the boat's captain and several members of the ship's crew were arrested earlier. |
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