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Dairy imports from NZ checked for toxin
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Jan 28th 2013, 01:39
2013-01-28 10:39 Shanghai Daily Web Editor: Wang YuXia
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Companies that import dairy products from New Zealand are being checked by authorities in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Tianjin in the wake of the discovery of traces of a toxic chemical.
Quality watchdogs and Shanghai Customs said any problem products found would be sealed. Last week, two makers of agricultural chemicals in New Zealand said they halted sales of dicyandiamide (DCD) after low levels were found in dairy products.
In China, many people have turned to New Zealand products following scandals in the domestic dairy industry.
However, the discovery of the toxic chemical, used on pasture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen leaching, has raised concerns.
In Shanghai, baby formula from Abbott sold in the city was identified as using raw material from New Zealand. But Abbott said the company did not use powder from New Zealand's Fonterra Co-operative Group, which is involved in the scandal.
Two other popular brands of baby milk powder, MeadJohnson and Wyeth, do not specify the origin of their raw material. Their milk powder products were simply marked "100 percent imported dairy source."
"I don't know which country's milk source was used, which makes me worried," said a Shanghai mother Yu Ge. She has been feeding her 13-month-old daughter with Wyeth's baby formula.
No one at Wyeth was available for comment yesterday. MeadJohnson said it imported raw material from several countries including the United States, Australia and New Zealand, but its products were safe and met both international and national standards.
Shanghai's market watchdog said it was paying close attention to the incident, but had not ordered local supermarkets and stores to take New Zealand dairy products or products that contains raw dairy material off the shelves.
Fonterra Co-operative Group China said it had no plan to suspend sales of its products. China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said they are asking New Zealand authorities to provide detailed information on the incident.
About 80 percent of China's imported milk comes from New Zealand, according to Xinhua news agency. Experts say there is no need for panic - the chemical has only very slight toxicity.
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Heavy fog shrouds many parts of China
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Heavy fog shrouds many parts of China
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Heavy fog disturbs traffic on a highway in Jiangxi Province, January 27, 2013. A smog hit the province on Sunday, reducing visibility to less than 500 meters in some areas.[Photo: CNS/Hu Dunhuang]
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Heavy fog shrouds many parts of China
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Heavy fog disturbs traffic on a highway in Jiangxi Province, January 27, 2013. A smog hit the province on Sunday, reducing visibility to less than 500 meters in some areas.[Photo: CNS/Hu Dunhuang]
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Fanning the flames
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Fanning the flames
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Jan 28th 2013, 01:38
2013-01-28 10:38 Global Times Web Editor: Liu Xian
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Lorang Konchok takes the stand on Saturday during the trial. Photo: Wei Yao
Audiences attend the trial of Lorang Konchok and Lorang Tsering at the Intermediate People's Court of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture on Saturday. Photo: Wei Yao
Two Tibetans stood trial Saturday for intentional murder after they confessed to having incited a series of self-immolations in Tibetan-inhabited Aba prefecture of Sichuan Province, under instructions from the Dalai Lama clique.
The court failed to reach a verdict on the case of Lorang Konchok and his nephew Lorang Tsering, who had goaded eight people, three of whom died, to immolate themselves since 2009.
They said they had been acting on the instructions of a monk in India who is part of the Dalai Lama group that attempts to separate the Tibet Autonomous Region from China.
Escorted by police, 41-year-old Lorang Konchok, a monk at the Kirti Monastery in Aba, walked into court calmly with a smile on his face, while Lorang Tsering, his accomplice, seemed nervous in front of 150 people in the courtroom when answering questions from prosecutors.
"I told them self-immolation is a heroic deed for the greater cause of the independence of Tibet, and I would pass their information to India for publicity so that their names and families would be remembered and honored," said Lorang Konchok.
Foreign influences
He said Samtan, 31, a former monk at the Kirti Monastery and now a media liaison member of the India-based organization "Tibetan Independence," established by the Dalai Lama clique, had contacted him after a Kirti monk named Tapey self-immolated in February 2009. Samtan told him to conduct such instigations to "make trouble with the Communist Party of China," he said.
Killing is a taboo in Buddhism but Lorang Konchok claimed self-immolation is not against Buddhist doctrine, and that the Dalai Lama could perform a religious session for those who died in such circumstances to lift their sins.
Lorang Konchok said he reads a lot and has obtained a great deal of knowledge, but he said he did not believe that inciting others to practice self-immolation was against the law. He persuaded his nephew Lorang Tsering to help find willing self-immolators, while he took photos, wrote stories and publicized their actions in India-based websites with the help of Samtan.
The eight people involved were all aged between 19 to 29, with three dead after immolation.
Two people fled the county after abandoning the idea for fear of facing threats from Lorang Konchok, and did not return until the two suspects were arrested in mid-August last year.
Lorang Konchok even tried to convince another nephew of his, 24-year-old Lorang Tashi, to immolate himself but failed.
"I felt uncomfortable at the idea of my younger brother burning," said Lorang Tsering, "and I regretted what I had done."
Speaking of whether he would be bold enough to immolate himself, Lorang Konchok said, "No, I'll never do that. Burning must be painful."
Xiong Huanying, a judge with the Intermediate People's Court of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, told the Global Times it is the first self-immolation case in Aba for which authorities obtained sufficient evidence showing it had been instructed by "forces from abroad."
"Lorang Konchok had been using his position as a senior monk to stir up such ideas," said Xiong. Being one of the most educated monks in Kirti Monastery, Lorang Konchok gained a higher Buddhism degree, equal to a doctorate, said Xiong, and that since many youngsters looked up to him, they were easily misled.
Plea for mercy
Both Lorang Konchok and Lorang Tsering refused to defend themselves in court. Their attorneys, assigned by the local legal assistance center with approval from the suspects, appealed to court to lessen the punishments since the defendants had confessed and cooperated with authorities.
"I felt heartbroken when seeing Tsering smiling at the audience," said Lorang Tsering's elder brother who attended the trial. He told the Global Times that Lorang Konchok was sent to the monastery at the age of 16, and had been living there ever since.
The Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture has seen some 30 immolations since 2009, said procurator Zou Gangjun. Scheduled on January 21, the trial was put off for five days at short notice. There have been new immolation cases recently in Aba and local authorities are looking into their cause before releasing information to the public, he said. The other monk, Samtan, will be arrested once he is located by police, he said.
Huang Xiaorong, 46, a Tibetan farmer who attended the trial, from Maerkang, the capital of Aba prefecture, told the Global Times that local residents were furious at the immolations.
"Self-immolation is against our doctrine. I can never imagine anyone doing that harm to others," she said.
"Tibetans have the tradition of sending kids to monasteries at an early age, and many of them grow up disconnected to the outside world, which could make them more easily misled by instigators," said Lian Xiangmin, a research fellow at the China Tibetology Research Center. China's Tibetan-inhabited areas usually don't have sufficient government funding for education and social services, he said.
There are more cases of self-immolation in Tibetan-inhabited areas in Sichuan because there is a greater influence from overseas there and practices in Tibet have become more regulated, he noted.
Many of the self-immolating monks belong to the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism, the same as the Dalai Lama, and share the Dalai Lama's religious beliefs, Lian said. Some immolators were not monks at all, but they could be influenced and motivated to do so by those who publicize the merits of self-immolation and spontaneously practice such cruelty on themselves, Lian told the Global Times.
People that incite and threaten people to self-immolate or those who assist them doing so will be charged with intentional murder, according to a guideline jointly issued by the Supreme People's Court, the Ministry of Public Security and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
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Fanning the flames
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Jan 28th 2013, 01:38
2013-01-28 10:38 Global Times Web Editor: Liu Xian
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Lorang Konchok takes the stand on Saturday during the trial. Photo: Wei Yao
Audiences attend the trial of Lorang Konchok and Lorang Tsering at the Intermediate People's Court of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture on Saturday. Photo: Wei Yao
Two Tibetans stood trial Saturday for intentional murder after they confessed to having incited a series of self-immolations in Tibetan-inhabited Aba prefecture of Sichuan Province, under instructions from the Dalai Lama clique.
The court failed to reach a verdict on the case of Lorang Konchok and his nephew Lorang Tsering, who had goaded eight people, three of whom died, to immolate themselves since 2009.
They said they had been acting on the instructions of a monk in India who is part of the Dalai Lama group that attempts to separate the Tibet Autonomous Region from China.
Escorted by police, 41-year-old Lorang Konchok, a monk at the Kirti Monastery in Aba, walked into court calmly with a smile on his face, while Lorang Tsering, his accomplice, seemed nervous in front of 150 people in the courtroom when answering questions from prosecutors.
"I told them self-immolation is a heroic deed for the greater cause of the independence of Tibet, and I would pass their information to India for publicity so that their names and families would be remembered and honored," said Lorang Konchok.
Foreign influences
He said Samtan, 31, a former monk at the Kirti Monastery and now a media liaison member of the India-based organization "Tibetan Independence," established by the Dalai Lama clique, had contacted him after a Kirti monk named Tapey self-immolated in February 2009. Samtan told him to conduct such instigations to "make trouble with the Communist Party of China," he said.
Killing is a taboo in Buddhism but Lorang Konchok claimed self-immolation is not against Buddhist doctrine, and that the Dalai Lama could perform a religious session for those who died in such circumstances to lift their sins.
Lorang Konchok said he reads a lot and has obtained a great deal of knowledge, but he said he did not believe that inciting others to practice self-immolation was against the law. He persuaded his nephew Lorang Tsering to help find willing self-immolators, while he took photos, wrote stories and publicized their actions in India-based websites with the help of Samtan.
The eight people involved were all aged between 19 to 29, with three dead after immolation.
Two people fled the county after abandoning the idea for fear of facing threats from Lorang Konchok, and did not return until the two suspects were arrested in mid-August last year.
Lorang Konchok even tried to convince another nephew of his, 24-year-old Lorang Tashi, to immolate himself but failed.
"I felt uncomfortable at the idea of my younger brother burning," said Lorang Tsering, "and I regretted what I had done."
Speaking of whether he would be bold enough to immolate himself, Lorang Konchok said, "No, I'll never do that. Burning must be painful."
Xiong Huanying, a judge with the Intermediate People's Court of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, told the Global Times it is the first self-immolation case in Aba for which authorities obtained sufficient evidence showing it had been instructed by "forces from abroad."
"Lorang Konchok had been using his position as a senior monk to stir up such ideas," said Xiong. Being one of the most educated monks in Kirti Monastery, Lorang Konchok gained a higher Buddhism degree, equal to a doctorate, said Xiong, and that since many youngsters looked up to him, they were easily misled.
Plea for mercy
Both Lorang Konchok and Lorang Tsering refused to defend themselves in court. Their attorneys, assigned by the local legal assistance center with approval from the suspects, appealed to court to lessen the punishments since the defendants had confessed and cooperated with authorities.
"I felt heartbroken when seeing Tsering smiling at the audience," said Lorang Tsering's elder brother who attended the trial. He told the Global Times that Lorang Konchok was sent to the monastery at the age of 16, and had been living there ever since.
The Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture has seen some 30 immolations since 2009, said procurator Zou Gangjun. Scheduled on January 21, the trial was put off for five days at short notice. There have been new immolation cases recently in Aba and local authorities are looking into their cause before releasing information to the public, he said. The other monk, Samtan, will be arrested once he is located by police, he said.
Huang Xiaorong, 46, a Tibetan farmer who attended the trial, from Maerkang, the capital of Aba prefecture, told the Global Times that local residents were furious at the immolations.
"Self-immolation is against our doctrine. I can never imagine anyone doing that harm to others," she said.
"Tibetans have the tradition of sending kids to monasteries at an early age, and many of them grow up disconnected to the outside world, which could make them more easily misled by instigators," said Lian Xiangmin, a research fellow at the China Tibetology Research Center. China's Tibetan-inhabited areas usually don't have sufficient government funding for education and social services, he said.
There are more cases of self-immolation in Tibetan-inhabited areas in Sichuan because there is a greater influence from overseas there and practices in Tibet have become more regulated, he noted.
Many of the self-immolating monks belong to the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism, the same as the Dalai Lama, and share the Dalai Lama's religious beliefs, Lian said. Some immolators were not monks at all, but they could be influenced and motivated to do so by those who publicize the merits of self-immolation and spontaneously practice such cruelty on themselves, Lian told the Global Times.
People that incite and threaten people to self-immolate or those who assist them doing so will be charged with intentional murder, according to a guideline jointly issued by the Supreme People's Court, the Ministry of Public Security and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Top Chinese legislator participates in APPF annual meeting
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Top Chinese legislator participates in APPF annual meeting
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Jan 28th 2013, 01:48
2013-01-28 10:48 Xinhua Web Editor: Liu Xian
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China's top legislator Wu Bangguo attended the opening ceremony of the 21st annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum Monday in the Russian city of Vladivostok.
Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, will deliver a keynote speech at the meeting.
He will elaborate on China's principles and propositions on major issues regarding peace and development in the Asia-Pacific region as well as China' s domestic and foreign policies.
This year, legislators from APPF member states will discuss regional security, economy and trade, and regional integration, which will help promote regional peace and stability and facilitate win-win cooperation in the Asia-Pacific area.
Established in Tokyo in 1993, the forum aims to promote greater cooperation among legislative bodies in the Asia-Pacific region.
Delegations from 28 APPF members and its two observers, Afghanistan and Kazakhstan, as well as some international organizations are participating in the five-day meeting in Vladivostok.
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Top Chinese legislator participates in APPF annual meeting
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Jan 28th 2013, 01:48
2013-01-28 10:48 Xinhua Web Editor: Liu Xian
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China's top legislator Wu Bangguo attended the opening ceremony of the 21st annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum Monday in the Russian city of Vladivostok.
Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, will deliver a keynote speech at the meeting.
He will elaborate on China's principles and propositions on major issues regarding peace and development in the Asia-Pacific region as well as China' s domestic and foreign policies.
This year, legislators from APPF member states will discuss regional security, economy and trade, and regional integration, which will help promote regional peace and stability and facilitate win-win cooperation in the Asia-Pacific area.
Established in Tokyo in 1993, the forum aims to promote greater cooperation among legislative bodies in the Asia-Pacific region.
Delegations from 28 APPF members and its two observers, Afghanistan and Kazakhstan, as well as some international organizations are participating in the five-day meeting in Vladivostok.
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: 7 dead in NE China train-bus collision
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7 dead in NE China train-bus collision
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/01-28/47495.shtml
Jan 28th 2013, 01:47
2013-01-28 10:47 Xinhua Web Editor: Liu Xian
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Seven people died after a cargo train and a passenger bus collided on Monday morning in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local government sources said.
The collision happened at 7:36 a.m. in the city of Heihe. Six people died at the scene and another died on the way to hospital. All of the victims were passengers on the bus.
The injured have been rushed to local hospitals.
The train was operated by a local railway company in Heihe.
The cause of the collision is being investigated.
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7 dead in NE China train-bus collision
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Jan 28th 2013, 01:47
2013-01-28 10:47 Xinhua Web Editor: Liu Xian
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Seven people died after a cargo train and a passenger bus collided on Monday morning in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local government sources said.
The collision happened at 7:36 a.m. in the city of Heihe. Six people died at the scene and another died on the way to hospital. All of the victims were passengers on the bus.
The injured have been rushed to local hospitals.
The train was operated by a local railway company in Heihe.
The cause of the collision is being investigated.
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: City seeks drop in downtown dwellers
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City seeks drop in downtown dwellers
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/01-27/47398.shtml
Jan 27th 2013, 04:00
2013-01-27 13:00 Shanghai Daily Web Editor: Su Jie
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Shanghai will trim the proportion of its population living downtown by 4 percentage points and limit the city's total population to 26.5 million by 2020, officials said.
The number of permanent residents in downtown districts will account for around 45 percent of the city's total population by 2020, according to a city primary functions plan released by the Shanghai government.
Some 11 million people are living in the eight downtown districts of Huangpu, Xuhui, Changning, Jing'an, Putuo, Zhabei, Hongkou and Yangpu, and Baoshan and Minhang districts, accounting for nearly half of the city's population.
"The city government will strictly control the scale of population in the 10 districts, especially in Baoshan and Minhang, and also guide downtown residents to move to other districts," the government said. Many out-of-towners live in the two districts.
By the end of 2011, Shanghai had about 23 million residents, including over 9 million from outside the city, according to the latest figure available at the website of Shanghai Population and Family Planning Commission.
"The increase in the city's population has caused many problems, including surging housing prices, traffic congestion and a lack of medical resources," the plan said.
The plan divides the city into four functional zones.
The 10 downtown districts should develop service industries and control the population. The Pudong New Area should focus on reform and opening up and lead in changing the city development model. Suburban Jiading, Jinshan, Songjiang, Qingpu and Fengxian districts should attract more people to live, and create industries. Chongming Island should protect its environment.
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City seeks drop in downtown dwellers
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Jan 27th 2013, 04:00
2013-01-27 13:00 Shanghai Daily Web Editor: Su Jie
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Shanghai will trim the proportion of its population living downtown by 4 percentage points and limit the city's total population to 26.5 million by 2020, officials said.
The number of permanent residents in downtown districts will account for around 45 percent of the city's total population by 2020, according to a city primary functions plan released by the Shanghai government.
Some 11 million people are living in the eight downtown districts of Huangpu, Xuhui, Changning, Jing'an, Putuo, Zhabei, Hongkou and Yangpu, and Baoshan and Minhang districts, accounting for nearly half of the city's population.
"The city government will strictly control the scale of population in the 10 districts, especially in Baoshan and Minhang, and also guide downtown residents to move to other districts," the government said. Many out-of-towners live in the two districts.
By the end of 2011, Shanghai had about 23 million residents, including over 9 million from outside the city, according to the latest figure available at the website of Shanghai Population and Family Planning Commission.
"The increase in the city's population has caused many problems, including surging housing prices, traffic congestion and a lack of medical resources," the plan said.
The plan divides the city into four functional zones.
The 10 downtown districts should develop service industries and control the population. The Pudong New Area should focus on reform and opening up and lead in changing the city development model. Suburban Jiading, Jinshan, Songjiang, Qingpu and Fengxian districts should attract more people to live, and create industries. Chongming Island should protect its environment.
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Toxic leak that shut water plant results in arrest of 6
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Toxic leak that shut water plant results in arrest of 6
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/01-27/47399.shtml
Jan 27th 2013, 04:03
2013-01-27 13:03 Shanghai Daily Web Editor: Su Jie
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Six people were arrested by local prosecutors on Friday over a chemical leak that tainted a creek and the tap water supply of a local water plant in Jinshan District this month.
The pollution was caused by an illegal discharge of C9, a petrochemical containing benzene compounds, including styrene, at a dock on January 10, prosecutors said. The chemicals went into Jueshigang Creek due to a leaky valve on a chemical transport boat during loading.
The six suspects, who were not identified, were arrested on charges of causing a crime with dangerous goods.
Prosecutors said Shanghai Jinwei Chemical Co signed a contract to sell 500 tons of C9 to Ningbo Gangtai Fuel Co on December 21. The Ningbo company signed another contract with Nanjing Dragon and Phoenix Chemical Co to resell 500 tons of C9 on December 24.
After the contracts were signed, the representative of the Nanjing company, surnamed Wang, contacted the operator of the dock on Jueshigang Creek and said he would send a boat to load the chemicals.
The general manager of the Shanghai company, surnamed Xi, contacted a logistics company to send tanks to carry the C9 to the dock.
Workers on the boat were unaware of the leaky valve. The plant was shut down the next day for three days.
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Toxic leak that shut water plant results in arrest of 6
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Jan 27th 2013, 04:03
2013-01-27 13:03 Shanghai Daily Web Editor: Su Jie
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Six people were arrested by local prosecutors on Friday over a chemical leak that tainted a creek and the tap water supply of a local water plant in Jinshan District this month.
The pollution was caused by an illegal discharge of C9, a petrochemical containing benzene compounds, including styrene, at a dock on January 10, prosecutors said. The chemicals went into Jueshigang Creek due to a leaky valve on a chemical transport boat during loading.
The six suspects, who were not identified, were arrested on charges of causing a crime with dangerous goods.
Prosecutors said Shanghai Jinwei Chemical Co signed a contract to sell 500 tons of C9 to Ningbo Gangtai Fuel Co on December 21. The Ningbo company signed another contract with Nanjing Dragon and Phoenix Chemical Co to resell 500 tons of C9 on December 24.
After the contracts were signed, the representative of the Nanjing company, surnamed Wang, contacted the operator of the dock on Jueshigang Creek and said he would send a boat to load the chemicals.
The general manager of the Shanghai company, surnamed Xi, contacted a logistics company to send tanks to carry the C9 to the dock.
Workers on the boat were unaware of the leaky valve. The plant was shut down the next day for three days.
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