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China probes county chief after deadly coal mine blast

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Authorities in China are investigating a county party chief after a deadly gas blast at the Liushenyu Coal Mine killed 82 people. Zhao Yongjin, the party secretary of Qinyuan county, is suspected of serious disciplinary violations. The incident, which occurred in May, is the deadliest mine accident in China in over a decade and has exposed systemic safety failures and poor management at the mine. AI

RANK_REASON Investigation into a local official following a major industrial accident. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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China probes county chief after deadly coal mine blast

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Phoebe Zhang ·

    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 discip…

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