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Article: Three officials deposed for absence in relief work in China's quake zone
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 18, 2008
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Three officials deposed for absence in relief work in China's
quake zone
DUJIANGYAN, Sichuan, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Three officials in
Dujiangyan City, one of the worst hit areas in China's May 12
earthquake, were removed from posts for their absence in the front
line of the relief work, according to a notice issued by the city's
discipline authority on Monday.
Among the punished was deputy head of the city's civil affairs
bureau Xiao Rong, who was punished for dereliction in the city's
casualty counting work.
More than 32,000 Chinese were confirmed dead, and at least 10,600
people remain buried after the 8-magnitude earthquake struck
Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on ...