QUOTE: “NANJING Six companies in east China’s Jiangsu Province were ordered to pay 160
million yuan (26 million U.S. dollars) for discharging waste chemical to rivers by a court….It is
the highest fine of its kind in China ever imposed.
“The companies, from Taizhou City, were ordered to pay the amount to an environmental protection fund within 30 days. They were found guilty of discharging 25,000 tons of waste acid
into two rivers, which caused serious pollution, according to Jiangsu Provincial Higher People’s Court. In August [2014] Taizhou Intermediate People’s Court sentenced 14 people involved in the pollution to prison terms ranging from two to five years and ordered the companies to pay 26m US DOLLARS within nine months. The six companies appealed [but] Jiangsu Provincial
Higher People’s Court upheld the [original] ruling.
“NANJING Six companies in east China’s Jiangsu Province were ordered to pay 160
million yuan (26 million U.S. dollars) for discharging waste chemical to rivers by a court….It is
the highest fine of its kind in China ever imposed.
“The companies, from Taizhou City, were ordered to pay the amount to an environmental protection fund within 30 days. They were found guilty of discharging 25,000 tons of waste acid
into two rivers, which caused serious pollution, according to Jiangsu Provincial Higher People’s Court. In August [2014] Taizhou Intermediate People’s Court sentenced 14 people involved in the pollution to prison terms ranging from two to five years and ordered the companies to pay 26m US DOLLARS within nine months. The six companies appealed [but] Jiangsu Provincial
Higher People’s Court upheld the [original] ruling