Almost 700 people were killed and injured in the Jiangsu explosion and 53 people were convicted and exonerated | Yancheng, Jiangsu | Xiangshui County | Tianjiayi Chemical Factory



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[NTD News, 30 de noviembre de 2020, hora de Beijing]On November 30, he was first convicted of the massive explosion at the Tianjiayi Chemical Plant in Xiangshui County, Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. A total of 53 people were sentenced, of which one was sentenced to 20 years. No high-ranking official was convicted. The explosion caused at least 700 deaths and injuries, more than 30 buildings were destroyed or even razed, and huge craters remained at the site of the explosion.

The Chinese Communist Party media reported that on November 30, the Yancheng Intermediate Court of Jiangsu Province and the 7 basic courts under its jurisdiction, including Xiangshui, Sheyang and Binhai, dealt with the massive explosion of “3.21” by part of Jiangsu Xiangshui Tianjiayi Chemical Co., Ltd. The 22 criminal cases involved were publicly pronounced in the first instance and 7 accused and 53 accused were sentenced. None of the top officials was sentenced.

The court heard that Nijiaxiang Group and Tianjiayi Company agreed to promote the m-phenylenediamine project production line and nitrification section for their own interests, even if the technology and equipment were not good enough. They knew that nitrification wastes were toxic, flammable and explosive, yet the lack of strengthening of security management eventually caused a large number of victims and material losses.

In another investigation, 6 intermediary agencies, including the Yancheng Environmental Monitoring Center, issued false and inaccurate documents, causing Tianjiayi’s main risks not to be exposed in time; Yancheng Department of Environmental Protection and Xiangshui County emergency management, environmental protection and other related personnel supervision seriously lacked, It is a major reason for the accident. Some public officials also accept bribes.

The court declared that the relevant intermediary bodies, those responsible for the intermediary bodies and public officials must assume the corresponding criminal responsibilities.

Among them, Zhang Qinyue, former CEO and legal representative of Tianjiayi Company, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, deprived of his political rights for 5 years, and fined 1.55 million yuan; Nijiaxiang Group received a fine of 20 million yuan. The group’s former and current president, general manager and legal representatives, Wu Yuezhong and Ni Chengliang, were sentenced to 12 and 13 years in prison, respectively.

Six intermediary agencies, including the Yancheng Environmental Monitoring Center, were sentenced to fines of between 100,000 and 1 million yuan, and 22 people responsible were sentenced to fixed-term prison terms ranging from 9 months to 4 years; Xiangshui County Original Emergency 15 public officials, including Administration Director Sun Feng, were sentenced to a prison term of between seven and a half years and three years and three months, and some were also fined.

The court found that most of the defendants pleaded guilty and repented in court and did not appeal.

An aerial view of the chemical plant on March 23 after the Yancheng explosion in Jiangsu province last year. (STR / AFP / Getty Images)

30 high-rise buildings blew up in Jiangsu, no one fell

The Jiangsu explosion occurred on March 21, 2019, when the Tianjiayi Chemical Plant at the Chenjiagang Chemical Park in Yancheng experienced a large explosion. According to the Communist Party of China, the accident caused 64 deaths, 28 lost contact and more than 600 injured.

On the 24th of the same month, Lu Jun, the chief of staff of the Jiangsu Fire Department, who was involved in the rescue of the accident, said in an interview that after the incident, it was not known who the body was taken to overnight. He said that such a powerful explosion, involving 3 square kilometers, does not rule out that people in the central area were instantly vaporized.

The Hong Kong Oriental Daily also stated that the 28 people missing in the accident may have been vaporized in the blast, meaning the victims have no bones. The previous report has received wide attention on the Internet, and netizens questioned the official cover-up of the truth.

The Tianjiayi Chemical Plant of the Big Bang Company was accused of “operating with disease” for many years, local officials were charged with negligence, and officials from Jiangsu Province were charged with guilt. But no one at the top of Jiangsu was fired for this.

On March 25 of the same year, Jiangsu officials updated the death toll from the big explosion to 78, stating that search and rescue operations were carried out within 2 square kilometers of the surrounding area, and 14 new ones were found. victims. But the outside world has serious doubts about the official data.

According to the satellite image obtained by Hong Kong 01, the great explosion caused a huge crater of about 120 meters in diameter, at least more than 30 nearby buildings were affected, and some of them were even moved. Buildings 150 meters from the core area are also significantly affected. The huge crater looks like a black bullet hole in the ground in space.

Traces of the explosion can also be seen from space, and you can imagine how severe the actual victims of the Big Bang disaster were.

After the Xiangshui explosion occurred in November last year, the investigation team formed by the State Council of the Communist Party of China announced the investigation report of the accident. Only Fan Jinlong, the executive vice governor of Jiangsu, responsible for production safety, received a warning and Fei Gaoyun, the vice governor, was deducted.

(Comprehensive report by reporter Li Yun / Editor-in-chief: Li Quan)

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