China gives 14 officials jail terms over 2013 oil pipeline blast


  • World
  • Monday, 30 Nov 2015

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has sentenced 14 former officials at state energy firm Sinopec and the local government to jail for up to five years for their role in a massive oil pipeline explosion in 2013, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.

The explosion in the eastern province of Shandong killed 63 people and injured 156, and caused losses worth 751.7 million yuan (78 million pounds), Xinhua said.

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