A general view shows excavator vehicles and rescue workers in front of a building (background) which collapsed in the 6.4 magnitude earthquake, in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan early on February 9, 2016. Rescuers are set to start using diggers and extractors to remove giant concrete slabs once they have ensured all residents from the upper parts of the rubble have been freed. AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE
TAIPEI: As rescuers continue the grim task of digging bodies from the rubble of an apartment complex that collapsed in a Taiwan earthquake, anger is growing over the shoddy construction of the building and the island’s questionable safety record.
The Wei-kuan building was the only high-rise to crumble completely in the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that shook the southern city of Tainan before dawn Saturday, with 55 confirmed dead so far, mostly from the complex.
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