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1st LD: 11 officials punished over Shanghai stampede

Xinhua, January 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

Eleven officials in east China's business hub Shanghai were punished over the New Year's Eve stampede that left 36 people dead and 49 injured.

Four officials -- Zhou Wei, Communist Party chief of Huangpu District, his deputy Peng Song, also district governor, Zhou Zheng, deputy district governor and Huangpu's public security chief and Chen Qi, deputy police chief of the district, were removed from their posts, according to investigation results released on Wednesday.

Seven other officials in tourism, public security and urban management, were disciplined.

The deadly stampede happened at 11:35 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2014, when people assembled on Shanghai's historic riverfront walk, the Bund, to usher in the new year. Endit