Life in jail urged for owners of collapsed Bangladesh building

The defects and errors that led to the world’s deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to “extremely poor quality” construction materials, a committee appointed by Bangladesh’s government concluded.

The massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building collapsed was also noted as a factor.

The committee urged life prison terms for the owners of the building and the five garment factories that operated there, though the charges they currently face carry a maximum of seven years.