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40 punished over tunnel explosion cover-up in China

(Xinhua)

07:23, February 06, 2013

TAIYUAN, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- A total of 40 people received judicial or disciplinary punishments for their roles in covering up a fatal tunnel explosion that occurred in north China's Shanxi Province on Dec. 25, local authorities said Tuesday.

They included 14 people employed by Erchu Co. Ltd. under the China Railway Tunnel Group, which contracted the tunnel project, said Liu Dezheng, a spokesman for the provincial work safety commission.

The accident was revealed to the public five days after it occurred after a whistleblower wrote an online post about the explosion.

Six people were involved in covering up the accident, Liu said.

Eight people were killed in the explosion and another five were injured.

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