• manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml
    13·
    16 days ago

    The family of the migrant worker who died in the collapse, Xiao Dekun, received 775,000 RMB (approximately $113,000 USD) in compensation.[3]

    13 were tried over the collapse, 8 others including local regulators and subcontractors had their licenses terminated and were fined 500,000 RMB (approximately $68,000). 9 investors were fired from their local government jobs for conflicts of interest.[4] The 2 top shareholders, Que Jingde and Zhang Zhiqin, were sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted on charges of graft, embezzlement of corporate funds, and negligence leading to a serious accident.[5] Zhang was also fined 5 million RMB (approximately 687,000 USD) and Que was fined 2 million RMB (approximately 275,000 USD).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_Lotus_Riverside_Block_7

    Found a wiki article about it cause I have to turn off my VPN everytime I accesses the wayback machine.

    • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      15 days ago

      That seems like a lot of fallout from digging too close to the foundation of a completed building. I suppose the investigation kept digging up more corruption, so they kept throwing people in jail.