China's top prosecutor is holding under criminal detention 10 officials and port executives, along with Senior Transport Minister, Wang Jinwen, for the alleged abuse of power and neglect of duty over the Tianjin chemical explosions. Those being held include Wu Dai, head of the Tianjin Municipal Transportation Commission, and Zheng Qingyue, president of The suspects are accused of failing to prevent a major accident at one of their ports, causing an explosion that killed more than 200 people in August last year. As we noted previously, the Tianjin explosion insurance losses could be around $1.5 billion.
China's top prosecutor is holding under criminal detention 10 officials and port executives, along with Senior Transport Minister, Wang Jinwen, for the alleged abuse of power and neglect of duty over the Tianjin chemical explosions. The suspects are accused of failing to prevent a major accident at one of their ports, causing an explosion that killed more than 200 people in August last year. As we noted previously, the Tianjin explosion insurance losses could be around $1.5 billion.