天津港爆炸案49人获刑 瑞海董事长死缓

Courts in Tianjin Municipality last Wednesday sentenced 49 people to prison, including 24 company managers and staff members as well as 25 government officials found guilty of various crimes that led to the city's warehouse blasts, which killed at least 165 people and injured 798 on Aug 12, 2015.

2015年8月12日，天津市一个仓库发生爆炸，造成至少165人遇难、798人受伤。天津市法院于上周三作出判决，49名嫌疑人被判入狱，其中包括涉案的24名企业责任人及员工和25名相关职务犯罪被告人。

The suspects were tried by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin and nine other grassroots courts from last Monday to last Wednesday.

天津市第二中级人民法院和9家基层法院是从上周一到上周三对天津仓库爆炸一案进行审理的。

As the rulings were made Wednesday, all defendants agreed with the verdicts and expressed remorse.

当日宣判后，所有被告人均表示认罪、悔罪。

The court ruled that the blasts were an accident with extraordinary seriousness, with Ruihai Logistics bearing the main responsibility.

法院裁定，这起爆炸事故属于特别重大事故，瑞海物流公司是造成事故发生的主体责任单位。

Yu Xuewei, chairman of Ruihai Logistics, was convicted of illegal storage of hazardous materials, illegal business operations, causing incidents involving hazardous materials and bribery. He was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve and was ordered to pay a fine of 700,000 yuan.

瑞海物流公司董事长于学伟构成非法储存危险物质罪、非法经营罪、危险物品肇事罪、行贿罪，被判处死刑缓期两年执行，并处罚金人民币70万元。

The deputy chairman and general manager of Ruihai Logistics and three other employees of the company were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 15 years to life.

瑞海物流公司副董事长、总经理及公司其他三名员工分别被判处无期徒刑到十五年有期徒刑不等的刑罚。

Seven Ruihai Logistics staff members directly responsible for the incident were sentenced to between three and 10 years in prison.

瑞海物流公司其他7名直接责任人员则分别被判处十年到三年有期徒刑不等的刑罚。

Eleven people with Tianjin Zhongbin Haisheng, the company that provided Ruihai Logistics counterfeit safety reports were also jailed.

天津中滨海盛公司犯提供虚假证明文件罪，11名涉案人员也被判入狱。

Twenty five officials, including head of Tianjin Municipal Transportation Commission Wu Dai, were sentenced to prison terms lasting from three to seven years for dereliction of duty, abuse of power, and accepting bribes.

此外，天津市交通运输委员会主任武岱等25名国家机关工作人员分别被以玩忽职守罪或滥用职权罪判处三年到七年不等的有期徒刑。