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Beijing punishes local officials for handling of deadly Henan floods

FILE PHOTO: Flooded houses are seen at a village following heavy rainfall in Xinxiang, Henan province, China July 24, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

Beijing has punished almost 100 officials and company managers for dereliction of duty around catastrophic floods that hit Henan province and killed hundreds of people last July, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday.

Xu Liyi, secretary of the Communist Party Committee in Henan's provincial capital of Zhengzhou, was removed from his post and Zhengzhou vice-mayor Wu Fumin was also dismissed.

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