Former top Chinese official commits suicide after landslide disaster

The head of an urban enforcement agency in the Chinese district where a huge landslide left scores of people missing has killed himself, authorities said Monday. Xu Yuan'an, head of the City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau for Shenzhen’s Guangming New District, jumped to his death late Sunday, according to a post on an official police social media account. After an investigation police determined Xu’s death was a suicide, the post said.

… seriously punished in accordance with the law.

Chinese Government warns of consequences for those responsible

Only seven deaths have been confirmed from the Shenzhen landslide, which struck the southern boom town bordering Hong Kong just over a week ago. But 75 people are unaccounted for after more than 30 buildings were buried. The disaster was caused by the improper storage of waste from construction sites, according to the official newspaper of the Ministry of Land and Resources. Soil was illegally piled 100 metres (330 feet) high at an old quarry site and turned to mud during rain.

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