Bangladesh

Three years after the Rana Plaza disaster, the start of the process against the 18 accused

The collapse of the Rana Plaza complex in Bangladesh more than 1000 people were killed. Now, you must answer 18 of the accused before the court. A part of them is on the run.

Where once the factory complex, is a water-filled crater left

The charge is a faulty design, as the state Prosecutor, Anwarul Kabir, said in Dhaka. 13 of the 18 accused, including the owners of the building and owner of associated factories, had pleaded innocent and release from the custody challenged.

The judge rejected this and ordered the process. In the case of a conviction of seven years imprisonment respectively. Against five of the Suspects, a warrant has been issued since the disaster three years ago submerged. The first witnesses are to be heard in August.

Mayor in court

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The owner of the Rana Plaza complex, Sohel Rana, is also the responsibility of his parents, to whom the building belonged, together with her son. Also the mayor of the village of Savar, where the building stood, before the court.

In spite of the walls, workers were cracks forced the building to sew

He and other representatives of the authorities should have falsified documents, thus building extensions were approved. The factory owner will have to answer, because they are illegal to have heavy machinery like electricity generators in the complex.

Inferior building materials used

The building was on 24. April, 2013, under the weight of several illegally-stocked floors collapsed. A minimum of 1135 people were killed, others are still missing until today. The investigators had found that substandard Material had been used in the construction of the eight storey building. The managers of the factories forced the workers, despite cracks in the building.

Problematic Production Conditions

In the complex several Western clothing companies can produce goods. The disaster threw
a spotlight on the problems in the textile factories in Bangladesh, the number two of the textile export in the world after China. Previously was sentenced for the misfortune of no one. A second trial for negligent homicide, has not yet started. Here are 20 other defendants are on the run.

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