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[quote=APAULT,267314]In most countries it is not 'murder' as no one intended the death to occur, nor took specific actions where death was a likely outcome.

Should someone be held responsible and brought to account?  In most western law, probably someone should be held responsible.  Firstly, we should consider if the authorities should have forseen the possibility and exercised what is called a 'duty of care'?  Secondly, if there was a possibility of an accident did the authorities put all possible procedures in places to prevent such an accident, and on this occasion were the procedures followed?

My guess is that the authorities failed in their 'duty of care', but this is typical of most things in China.  Well, it seems to be a new concept to China, but from what I have read there is now some case precedence for the concept. We should expect to see this idea become more accepted in coming years.

If the authorities really failed to carry out their duties according to regulations we might have 'criminal negligence' as they broke the law by not fulfilling their duties.  Then the resposible persond should be prosecuted according to the law.
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