4 probed in Fujian over toxic leak

10 people were hospitalized after being sickened; 1 discharged

Four people from the Fujian Donggang Petrochemical Industry, the company responsible for the chemical leak on Nov 4 in Quanzhou, Fujian province, are being investigated by police over the incident, the local government said in a statement on Friday night.

All 152 families in the area, whose fish farms were polluted by the chemical, have finished registering with the authorities, and government evaluations of their losses, and the amount of compensation owed, are underway, the statement said.