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Official Put Under Police Custody for Fatal Coal Mine Flooding in S. China

Posted on: Tuesday, 16 August 2005, 09:00 CDT

Official put under police custody for fatal coal mine flooding in S. China

XINGNING, Guangdong, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Zeng Yungao, chairman of the board of directors of the Dajingli Coal Co., Ltd., was put under house arrest after the a fatal coal mine flooding that trapped 123 miners in Meizhou City of south China's Guangdong Province, local government sources said on Monday.

Sources close to the Standing Committee of the Meizhou City People's Congress said that the Daxing Coal Mine of the Xingning city, where the fatal accident occurred, was under the administration of the Dajingli Coal Co., Ltd.

The Standing Committee of the Meizhou City People's Congress held a meeting and approved the Meizhou City Public Security Bureau to put Zeng under surveillance for investigation of the cause of the fatal accident.

The accident occurred at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 7 in the Daxing Coal Mine of Ningxing City, with 123 miners reportedly missing. Only four escaped. One miner's body was recovered on Wednesday morning.

Violation of safety production rules has been blamed as the main cause of the accident. Eleven people, including the owner, manager, board chairman and chief technician of the Daxing Coal Mine, were caught attempting to flee after the accident.

Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS

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