(VOVworld) - Police have detained 12 people in connection with last week's deadly landslide in an industrial zone in Shenzhen which killed at least seven people while more than 70 are still missing.
 

The landslide buried 33 buildings (photo; AFP)

The Chinese government has blamed breaches of construction safety rules for the disaster in the southern city of Shenzhen on December 20, when the dump overflowed and engulfed 33 buildings.
In a brief report, the Xinhua news agency said police had taken "coercive measures" against 12 people, including "responsible people" from Shenzhen Yixianglong Investment Development, which ran the dump, using an expression which generally refers to detention. The company had not commented on the arrests.