Anger over building 'faults' on the recent Taiwan earthquake

Rescuers pulled 20-year-old Huang Kuang-wei out alive after more than a day

An investigation has been launched into the construction of a Taiwanese apartment complex toppled by Saturday's earthquake.Most of the 27 confirmed to have died after the quake were in the Weiguan Jinlong building in Tainan City.Tainan Mayor William Lai said survivors and relatives had reported legal "violations" but gave no further details.Hopes are fading for dozens of people thought to still be trapped.Huang Kuang-wei, 20, was rescued after more than a day trapped in the ruins.But a six-month-old baby girl pulled alive from the rubble a few hours later died in hospital.Mr Lai said: "I've contacted judicial units and prosecutors have formally launched an investigation. 

The 17 storeys of the Weiguan Jinlong (Golden Dragon) apartment complex crumpled as the magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck just before 04:00 local time on Saturday (20:00 GMT Friday).Census records suggest about 260 people were living there but it is now thought that more than 300 were inside at the time of the collapse, as some students renting rooms would not have been registered and people may have had guests staying to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday beginning on Monday.
Hundreds of soldiers are involved in the rescue effort, with the help of hi-tech equipment, sniffer dogs and cranes. Shelters are being set up for those who have lost their homes in the city of two million people.
About 200 people have now been rescued. Nearly 500 people were injured as a result of the earthquake, and dozens remain in hospital.One woman at the site said her son had been found dead but she was hoping her daughter-in-law and two grandchildren would be rescued alive.
"I won't give up hope, I will wait here until I see them come out safe," she said.
Su Yi-ming, 48, who lived on the sixth floor of the complex, told AFP news agency that he was rescued after tapping on a wardrobe that was trapping him."I knocked on the closet to get the attention of rescuers who broke the window to get me," he said.A woman surnamed Chang said she was waiting to hear from her daughter, who lived on the fifth floor of the fallen block of flats."She's not answering my phone calls. I am trying to hold my emotions and stay strong. I'll do that until I find her," she said."I know they will find her, but I have also prepared for the worst."