In China’s coal country, party chief called to account after fatal safety failures
Disciplinary authorities in central China are investigating a county-level Communist Party chief following a coal mine gas blast that killed 82 people and left two missing. Zhao Yongjin, party secretary of Qinyuan county in Changzhi, was “suspected of serious violations of discipline and law”, the Shanxi provincial discipline inspection and supervisory commission, an anti-corruption watchdog, said on Tuesday night. The blast at the Liushenyu Coal Mine on May 22 was China’s de
Zhao Yongjin inspected the Liushenyu Coal Mine just a few months before the country’s deadliest mine incident in over a decade
Zhao Yongjin, party secretary of Qinyuan county in Changzhi, was “suspected of serious violations of discipline and law”, the Shanxi provincial discipline inspection and supervisory commission, an anti-corruption watchdog, said on Tuesday night.
Preliminary investigation results have exposed severe safety problems at the site, with systemic failures across multiple parts of the production chain.
Miners and industry experts previously said the mine appeared to be poorly managed, with ill-equipped workers, illegal mining activities and several past security fines.
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