BEIJING: Seven people have been detained over the spilling of tonnes of toxic chemicals into seas off Fujian province that left 52 ill, local authorities said.
The incident happened in the early hours of Nov 4 when a tube transferring the chemicals from a wharf to a tanker broke, spilling 6.9 tonnes of C9 aromatics into the sea.
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