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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 08:26 AM Apr 2013

Collapsed building owner's property to be seized

Source: Associated Press

SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) -- A top Bangladesh court on Tuesday ordered the government to "immediately" confiscate the property of a collapsed building's owner, as thousands of protesters demanding death penalty for the man clashed with police, leaving 100 people injured.

A two-judge panel of the High Court also asked the central bank to freeze the assets of the owners of the five garment factories in the building, and use the money to pay the salaries and other benefits of their workers.

The order came after police produced the building owner, Mohammed Sohel Rana, and the factory owners in court. The order did not elaborate but it was implied that the salaries of the dead victims would be paid to their relatives.

At least 386 people were killed when the illegally constructed 8-story Rana Plaza collapsed on April 24. A total of 3,122 people were employed in the garment factories. It is not clear how many were working at the time, but some 2,500 people were pulled out of the rubble alive.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_BANGLADESH_BUILDING_COLLAPSE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-04-30-06-31-22

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Collapsed building owner's property to be seized (Original Post) dipsydoodle Apr 2013 OP
Madness. truthisfreedom Apr 2013 #1
Needs to happen to that guy who owned the fertilizer plant. Fuddnik Apr 2013 #2
Yep. Myrina Apr 2013 #3
That is for sure! They have Justice in Bangladesh, we have corruption! Dustlawyer Apr 2013 #7
West Texas comes to mind madokie Apr 2013 #4
Notice how quickly the law and courts got involved. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #5
Quickly? fitman Apr 2013 #9
What?!! No bailouts and bonuses?!! KansDem Apr 2013 #6
these people put us to shame , compare their reaction to ours leftyohiolib Apr 2013 #8
You wouldn't say that if you heard the govt minister responsible for health/ safety several days ago snagglepuss Apr 2013 #10
i was responding to this leftyohiolib Apr 2013 #11

Fuddnik

(8,846 posts)
2. Needs to happen to that guy who owned the fertilizer plant.
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 08:53 AM
Apr 2013

And more than a few coal mines. And BP. and..........

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
3. Yep.
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 09:04 AM
Apr 2013

Too bad it never will, though. They all just 'pay their fines' (which they then write off at tax time) and go on with their destruction.

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
10. You wouldn't say that if you heard the govt minister responsible for health/ safety several days ago
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 01:35 PM
Apr 2013

He dismissed the outrage and said other countries have workplce accidents and pointed out West Texas.

 

leftyohiolib

(5,917 posts)
11. i was responding to this
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 02:02 PM
Apr 2013

A two-judge panel of the High Court also asked the central bank to freeze the assets of the owners of the five garment factories in the building, and use the money to pay the salaries and other benefits of their workers.

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