China investigates malpractice behind four deadly accidents   

最高检挂牌督办哈尔滨“1·2”火灾等4起重大事故

记者今天从最高人民检察院获悉，最高人民检察院渎职侵权检察厅近期已将北京清华附中“12·29”在建工地脚手架倒塌事故、广东佛山富华机械制造有限公司“12·31”爆炸事故、黑龙江哈尔滨市“1·2”火灾事故，以及云南大理巍山县“1·3”火灾事故等4起重大事故作为重点案件进行挂牌督办，严查事故背后可能存在的渎职等职务犯罪。[查看全文]

China's top prosecuting body is investigating multiple cases of alleged malpractice, which occurred over the past ten days, including a warehouse blaze in northeast China that killed five firemen.

The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) vowed to bring those responsible to task in a statement released Wednesday.

The incidents include the collapse of scaffolding at a construction site at Tsinghua High School in Beijing, which left ten dead and four injured on Dec. 29, and a factory blast in Foshan, in south China's Guangdong Province, which killed 18 and injured over 30 on Dec. 31.

There was also a warehouse blaze in Harbin in northeast China on Jan. 2 that killed five firemen and injured 14, and a fire in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Jan. 3, which destroyed Gongchen Tower, an ancient city gate tower that dates back more than 600 years.

The SPP has sent staff from its major liability accident investigation office to the related provinces to support the local prosecutors.

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