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| Taiwan Earthquake Investigators Arrest Developer of Collapsed Building | |
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| TAINAN, Taiwan — The police here have arrested the builder of a 17-story apartment complex that collapsed in a predawn earthquake Saturday here in southwestern Taiwan, the city government of Tainan announced on Tuesday afternoon. | TAINAN, Taiwan — The police here have arrested the builder of a 17-story apartment complex that collapsed in a predawn earthquake Saturday here in southwestern Taiwan, the city government of Tainan announced on Tuesday afternoon. |
| Lin Minghui, the developer of the Wei-Guan Golden Dragon building, and two of his associates from the Wei-Guan Construction Company, the business that he used to build the apartment complex, were arrested late Monday night, said Ellen Hsueh, a municipal spokeswoman. They were arrested on suspicion of bearing some responsibility for the building’s collapse, and because the authorities believed that they might flee if not detained, she said. | Lin Minghui, the developer of the Wei-Guan Golden Dragon building, and two of his associates from the Wei-Guan Construction Company, the business that he used to build the apartment complex, were arrested late Monday night, said Ellen Hsueh, a municipal spokeswoman. They were arrested on suspicion of bearing some responsibility for the building’s collapse, and because the authorities believed that they might flee if not detained, she said. |
| Firefighters and rescue specialists have pulled 38 bodies from the wreckage of the building, while an additional 109 people are missing and believed to be still under the rubble. Only two other people died from the earthquake in this city of 1.8 million. | Firefighters and rescue specialists have pulled 38 bodies from the wreckage of the building, while an additional 109 people are missing and believed to be still under the rubble. Only two other people died from the earthquake in this city of 1.8 million. |
| The arrest of Mr. Lin, who had disappeared after the building’s collapse, came hours before local officials decided to deploy house-size excavating machines to drill, tug and tear at the huge mounds of debris on the site. Rescuers delayed using the equipment for three days after the earthquake, for fear that the machines might cause the wreckage to subside further, collapsing the tiny cavities in which more than 100 people were feared trapped. | The arrest of Mr. Lin, who had disappeared after the building’s collapse, came hours before local officials decided to deploy house-size excavating machines to drill, tug and tear at the huge mounds of debris on the site. Rescuers delayed using the equipment for three days after the earthquake, for fear that the machines might cause the wreckage to subside further, collapsing the tiny cavities in which more than 100 people were feared trapped. |
| The reason for the delay in using heavy equipment was clear on Tuesday afternoon. As the machinery worked, concrete slabs elsewhere in the wreckage sometimes shook, releasing cascades of pebbles and puffs of dust but not actually tumbling down the sides of the debris field. | The reason for the delay in using heavy equipment was clear on Tuesday afternoon. As the machinery worked, concrete slabs elsewhere in the wreckage sometimes shook, releasing cascades of pebbles and puffs of dust but not actually tumbling down the sides of the debris field. |