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China to tighten punishment for work safety crimes

(Xinhua)

08:43, June 13, 2013

BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The Supreme People's Court (SPC) called for courts at all levels to strongly deal with crimes related to work safety in a Wednesday statement.

Major and sensitive criminal cases related to work safety may be handed over to higher level courts in accordance with the law, the statement said.

In line with a related SPC regulation, courts at all levels should harshly punish government employees whose corruption results in work safety accidents, it said.

Severe penalties will also be given to those who allow work safety violations, as well as violators who do not effectively implement damage control measures after accidents occur or initiate rescue efforts in a timely manner, it added.p Work safety has become a hot topic in China following a series of recent workplace accidents. On June 3, a poultry plant fire in northeast China's Jilin Province left 121 people dead and 77 injured.

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Strong and effective measures by the court, law and regulation must immediately implemented to safe guard workers and people of China. Too many accident happening killing many lives due to safety measures ignored and managers, officials laughing to the bank over death bodies. Time to seriously put a stop to it before the foundations that build China fall.
  

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