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Prosecutors have requested the detention of the developers of a building in southern Taiwan that collapsed following a strong earthquake, killing… ....
Court rejects civil lawsuit over 2016 building collapse Staff writer, with CNA The Tainan District Court on Thursday rejected a class-action lawsuit filed by former residents of a housing complex that in 2016 collapsed during an earthquake. The court ruled that there was no evidence of wrongdoing by the Tainan Public Works Bureau, which had issued the construction licenses for the Weiguan Jinlong building in the city’s Yongkang District (永康). The ruling can be appealed. The 16-story complex collapsed during a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck southern Taiwan on Feb. 6, 2016, killing 117 people and injuring 504. One-hundred-and-fifteen of those killed and 104 of those injured were in the building. ....
Court rejects class-action suit on building collapse in 2016 quake 04/29/2021 10:04 PM Weiguan Jinlong residential building (CNA file photo) Taipei, April 29 (CNA) A class-action lawsuit, brought by residents of a housing complex that collapsed during a 2016 earthquake in Tainan, was thrown out Thursday by the city s district court. In its ruling, the Tainan District Court said it had seen no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the city s public works department, which had issued the licenses for construction of the Weiguan Jinlong residential building. The 16-story complex, which was located in Tainan s Yongkang District, collapsed during a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck southern Taiwan on Feb. 6, 2016, killing 117 people and injuring 504. ....