China's top legislature on Saturday adopted a resolution to
expel two deputies to National People's Congress (NPC) for their
discipline violations.
The two ousted NPC deputies are Peng Zhenkun, former president
of the Hubei Institute for Nationalities and member of the
Agriculture Committee of the NPC, and Du Chongyan, former head of
Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture of Tujia and Miao Nationalities in
central China's Hunan Province.
Du shouldered "leadership responsibility" for the bridge
collapse on Aug. 13 this year, which killed 64 people and injured
22 others.
The bridge ran over the Tuojiang River in Fenghuang County in
Hunan. The 328-meter-long, 42-meter-high structure was still under
construction at the time of accident.
A government statement after investigation said the collapse was
a severe man-made accident.
(Xinhua News Agency December 29, 2007)