Police Hunt Administrative Personnel of Flooded Coal Mine

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Police Hunt Administrative Personnel of Flooded Coal Mine

Police are trying to trace the administrative personnel of a flooded coal mine in Dengfeng City of Henan Province, central China, and have apprehended a vice director of the mine.

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Police are trying to trace the administrative personnel of a flooded coal mine in Dengfeng City of Henan Province, central China, and have apprehended a vice director of the mine.

A water leak occurred at Dongfeng Coal Mine, Baiping Township, late on Sunday, and only half of the 42 miners who were working inthe mine escaped.

The mine's legal representative, Fan Guoxue, Wang Jili, mine foreman, and other administrative personnel allegedly prevented the escaped miners from reporting the accident to local authorities and fled after failing to rescue the trapped miners.

Rescue teams arrived at the site some 10 hours after the accident took place due to delays in reporting the accident. It was only by rare chance that the 21 trapped miners were rescued.

Dongfeng Coal Mine is a township-owned mine with a history of over 10 years. It was ordered to close for two years to improve production safety and resumed operation last year after passing a production safety examination.

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