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Shanghai

Ex-shipbuilding official gets 12 years for graft

Sun Bo, former general manager of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday for taking bribes and abusing power. He was also fined 800,000 yuan ($116,000), according to a statement by the Shanghai First Intermediate People's Court. Between 2006 and 2015, Sun took advantage of his positions at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co to help others set up and run companies by cooperating with DSIC. Sun accepted money and gifts worth over 8.64 million yuan himself or via his wife, the statement said.

Shandong

Metro worker missing after building collapse

A metro worker was missing on Thursday after a construction site in Qingdao, Shandong province, collapsed, according to a post from Qingdao Metro's official WeChat account. The accident was caused by a building collapse that resulted in the creation of a 10-meter hole in the ground which the missing worker fell into, said the post, adding that search and rescue work is underway. No other workers were underground at the time of the accident.

Beijing

Campaign launched on safety of cultural relics

The National Cultural Heritage Administration and the firefighting bureau under the Ministry of Emergency Management have issued a circular to launch a campaign of fire hazard checks and rectification on cultural relics. The campaign, which starts this month and runs to mid-September, will cover the country's immovable cultural relics as well as collection and preservation sites such as museums and memorials, the NCHA said in a statement on Thursday.

China Daily - Xinhua

(China Daily Global 07/05/2019 page4)