Shanghai government on Wednesday issued an investigative report on stampede tragedy that killed 36 and injured 49 during the New Year's celebration on the Bund, or the waterfront along the Huangpu River.
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The report said the stampede tragedy falls under a public security matter and that public security authorities need to be held responsible.
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Lax security
An investigative report showed that the public security bureau at Huangpu district arranged only 350 policemen on the Bund and the Nanjing road, while a number of residents and tourists thought there would be a large-scale New Year count-down event which was cancelled.
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Pudong district head will be moved from post
The report on the incident recommends punishments for 11 officials.
The report suggests that secretary of Huangpu district CPC committee Zhou Wei, district chief Peng Song and director of district Public Security Bureau Zhou Zheng should be dismissed from their posts and district's deputy chief Wu Cheng demoted.
Officials dined at high-end Bund restaurant will be punished
Officials of Huangpu district government in Shanghai who had dined at a high-end restaurant on the New Year's Eve when the deadly stampede happened will be punished for violating the Party's frugality codes, an investigative report suggested Wednesday.
The report said several officials, including Zhou Wei, secretary of the Huangpu district committee of the CPC, were invited by Zhou Xumin, chairmen of the State-owned Shanghai Bund Investment Group, to have dinner at the restaurant, in which Zhou's company has investment, on Dec 31, 2014. The bill of the dinner was 2,700 yuan ($434) but was not charged. The officials left for the stampede spot upon hearing the news.
The officials involved will be punished for misusing public funds and violating the Party's frugality codes. The public will be kept informed about further developments, the announcement said.
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