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Senior officials fired in wake of China’s deadly train collision

Three railway officials were fired on Sunday after a train collision killed at least 35 and injured more than 200 others, the Ministry of Railway said.
 

Long Jing, head of the ShanghaiRailway Bureau, was removed from his position after a high-speed train smashed into another train Saturday night in east China's ZhejiangProvince, killing at least 35 and injuring 211.
 

Li Jia, head of the Shanghai railway bureau's committee of the Communist Party of China, and deputy chief of the bureau He Shengli were also dismissed from office, said the ministry.
 

The three will also be subject to investigation, the ministry said.

 

Source: www.GOV.cn

Official website of the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China

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