
BEIJING, Feb. 5 -- Twenty-five officials will face prosecution for their roles in the deadly Tianjin warehouse explosions last year, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) announced on Friday, upon the conclusion of an official investigation into the incident.
The 25 are suspected of dereliction of duty, abuse of power and bribery. They include two departmental-level officials and seven at vice departmental level.
Consisting of prosecutors from the SPP and the local procuratorate of Tianjin Municipality, the investigatory team found the accident exposed corruption, mismanagement and slack government supervision surrounding the warehouse where the explosions occurred.
On Aug. 12, two explosions ripped through a Ruihai Logistics' warehouse in Tianjin Port, killing 165 people, including 99 firefighters. Another eight people are still unaccounted for.
The explosions damaged 304 buildings, 12,428 cars and 7,533 containers.
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