China News Service, Taiyuan, April 29 (Liu Xiaohong) On the 29th, the Xiangfen County People's Court of Shanxi Province publicly pronounced the first-instance judgment on the "8.29" collapse of the Juxian Restaurant in Xiangfen County involving a criminal crime. Qi Jianhua, the investor and operator of Juxian Restaurant, was sentenced to seven years in prison.
After trial, the court found that at about 9:40 on August 29, 2020, a collapse accident occurred at Juxian Restaurant in Chenzhuang Village, Taosi Township, Xiangfen County, resulting in 29 deaths and 28 injuries, and a direct economic loss of 11.6435 million yuan.
Qi Jianhua, the investor and operator of Juxian Restaurant, has occupied land illegally and illegally for a long time. In the absence of professional design and unqualified construction, he has repeatedly renovated and expanded Juxian Restaurant for business activities, and refused to implement the land and resources supervisor. The department's punishment decided that the hotel building was operated and used without taking effective measures when there were hidden dangers of accidents, resulting in the collapse of the hotel building and major accident consequences.
Qi Jianhua's actions caused particularly heavy losses to the lives and property of the people, and the circumstances were particularly vicious.
According to the facts, nature, circumstances and harmful consequences of their crimes, the above judgments shall be made in accordance with the law.
During the trial of the case, the court protected Qi Jianhua's litigation rights in accordance with the law.
After the sentence was pronounced, Qi Jianhua pleaded guilty in court and repented and did not appeal.
Some deputies to the National People's Congress, members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and relatives of the defendants attended the sentencing of the case.
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