Police detain 21 in alleged coal mine cover up
<p><span word="Police">Police</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="detained">detained</span> 21 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="suspected">suspected</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cover">cover</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="coal">coal</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="accident">accident</span>.</p><p><span word="Ten">Ten</span> <span word="miners">miners</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="remains">remains</span> <span word="missing">missing</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="flood">flood</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="coal">coal</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Changzhi">Changzhi</span>, <span word="Shanxi">Shanxi</span> <span word="province">province</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="owner">owner</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Shanfu">Shanfu</span> <span word="Coal">Coal</span> <span word="Mine">Mine</span> <span word="originally">originally</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="trapped">trapped</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="police">police</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="that">that</span> 11 <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shaft">shaft</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="flooded">flooded</span> <span word="with">with</span> 2,500 <span word="cubic">cubic</span> <span word="meters">meters</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="about">about</span> 1 <span word="am">am</span>.</p><p><span word="About">About</span> 30 <span word="professional">professional</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="scene">scene</span>, <span word="along">along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="ambulances">ambulances</span> <span word="and">and</span> 200 <span word="technicians">technicians</span>. <span word="All">All</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="pumped">pumped</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shaft">shaft</span> <span word="by">by</span> 8 <span word="pm">pm</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="mine">mine</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="owner">owner</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="manager">manager</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="detained">detained</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="froze">froze</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="assets">assets</span>.</p><p><span word="An">An</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="Administration">Administration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Work">Work</span> <span word="Safety">Safety</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="declined">declined</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="identified">identified</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="thatunder">thatunder</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="regulations">regulations</span>, <span word="concealing">concealing</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="accident">accident</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="claims">claims</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="of">of</span> 10 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="punishablewith">punishablewith</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fine">fine</span> <span word="of">of</span> 5 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($76,000) <span word="and">and</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="prison">prison</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="valid">valid</span> <span word="production">production</span> <span word="license">license</span>.</p><p><span word="Authorities">Authorities</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="unable">unable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="confirm">confirm</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="State">State</span>-<span word="owned">owned</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Daily">Daily</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="separate">separate</span> <span word="flooding">flooding</span> <span word="incident">incident</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Henan">Henan</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span>, <span word="five">five</span> <span word="miners">miners</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="remain">remain</span> <span word="missing">missing</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="accident">accident</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> <span word="at">at</span> 4 <span word="pm">pm</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="owned">owned</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Yulongyuantong">Yulongyuantong</span> <span word="Coal">Coal</span> <span word="Mining">Mining</span> <span word="Corp">Corp</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Pingdingshan">Pingdingshan</span>.</p>
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