China investigates 3 more officials over Hunan fireworks factory explosion that killed 37

Anti-corruption watchdogs in China’s central Hunan province have ensnared multiple emergency management and local government officials in a sweeping investigation following a catastrophic fireworks factory explosion that killed 37 people last month. The provincial discipline inspection commission announced on Thursday that three senior figures within the emergency management system were under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law”. The officials include Lei Min, deputy...

By Xinlu Liang