Nine arrested after building collapse in central China

The site of the collapsed self-constructed residential building in Changsha, in central China’s Hunan province (Chen Zeguo /Xinhua News Agency/AP)

Chinese police have arrested a building owner and eight other people, two days after the structure collapsed, leaving dozens of people trapped or missing, police and state media said on Sunday.

The official Xinhua News Agency said the building’s owner was among the arrested.