The developer of a Taiwanese apartment complex that collapsed during 6.4 magnitude earthquake Tainan, Taiwan has been arrested on suspicion of criminal misconduct resulting in fatalities.
Thirty-one people within the apartment building perished on Saturday February 6, 2016, with hundreds of others suspected to be trapped in the rubble. The total death toll for by the earthquake is.
The developer of the apartment building Lin Minghui, has a record of dubious business transactions. Witnesses described materials such as tin cans and plastic foam spilling from the building's concrete as the concrete crumbled.
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