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Rescue Efforts End in Taiwanese City Struck by Quake Rescue Efforts End in Taiwanese City Struck by Quake
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HONG KONG — Rescue efforts ended on Saturday at the site of a 17-story apartment complex in southwestern Taiwan that had collapsed in an earthquake a week earlier, as search crews pulled the last of 114 bodies from the rubble. HONG KONG — Rescue efforts ended on Saturday at the site of a 17-story apartment complex in Tainan, in southwestern Taiwan that collapsed in an earthquake a week earlier, as search crews pulled the last of 114 bodies from the rubble.
The 6.4-magnitude quake, which struck before dawn on Feb. 6, killed only two other people in Tainan, the city where the Wei-Guan Golden Dragon building collapsed. The magnitude 6.4 quake struck on Feb. 6; nearly all the deaths were at the Wei-Guan Golden Dragon building, only two other people died elsewhere.
The police have arrested the building’s developer and two associates, and they have been charged with criminal business misconduct resulting in fatalities, a specific manslaughter charge under Taiwanese law. They have not yet entered pleas.The police have arrested the building’s developer and two associates, and they have been charged with criminal business misconduct resulting in fatalities, a specific manslaughter charge under Taiwanese law. They have not yet entered pleas.
Anxious relatives had stood vigil at the building early this week, hoping to see family members alive. But Ellen Hsueh, a Tainan municipal spokeswoman, said on Saturday evening that everyone believed to have been inside the building when the quake struck had now been accounted for. Anxious relatives had stood vigil at the building last week, hoping survivors would be found. But Ellen Hsueh, a Tainan municipal spokeswoman, said on Saturday evening that everyone believed to have been inside the building when the quake struck had now been accounted for.
Ms. Hsueh said that one person was still listed as missing from the earthquake, a homeless woman who had last been seen near the building. Ms. Hsueh said that one person was still listed as missing, a homeless woman who had last been seen near the building.