ZUOYUN, Shanxi, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Two bank officials
in north China's Shanxi Province were detained by local police as they were
suspected to be involved in a coal mine flooding accident that trapped 57
miners, rescue headquarters said Friday.
Su Rijun, director of a
business office of the Zuoyun Branch of the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC),
and Bai Xiaozhong, business office director of the Youyu Branch of ABC, had been
found to have correlated responsibility for the flooding accident, said Bai
Yulong, spokesman of the headquarters.
Also on Friday, police arrested Zhang Shengsheng in
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Zhang was in charge of mining and work safety
at the Xinjing mine in Zuoyun County, in north China's Shanxi Province, when it
was flooded at 8.30 p.m. on May 18, leaving 57 miners still trapped.
So far, 15 people have been detained in the accident,
including mine owner Li Fuyuan, labor contractor Lan Renhuo, mine's executive
head Wang Sheng and some officials of Zhangjiachang Township.
Rescue workers are pumping water from the flooded
mine, but there is still no word about the trapped miners. Enditem
Key suspect responsible for mine
flooding nabbed
ZUOYUN, Shanxi, May 26 (Xinhua) -- A key suspect
responsible for the mine flooding that trapped 57 miners underground in Zuoyun
County, North China's Shanxi Province was nabbed by police on Friday, local
police source said.
The suspect, Zhang Shengsheng, was an executive in charge
of mining and work safety. He fled soon after the accident happened on May 18.
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Trapped miners in north China coal mine flooding might
rise to 57
ZUOYUN, Shanxi, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Latest check results
show that the number of trapped miners in a coal mine flooding in north China's
Shanxi Province might rise to 57, the previous figure was 44, rescuers said
Sunday afternoon.
A check team of the rescue headquarters said the
number of miners trapped underground is probably 57, after they have made an
investigation among the miners' families. -->>>
Work safety official orders efforts to
rescue miners trapped in Shanxi
ZUOYUN, Shanxi, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Li Yizhong, director of the State Administration of Work Safety, calls on Sunday for quickening efforts to rescue the miners trapped in a flooded pit in north China's Shanxi Province.
The accident occurred at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Xinjing Coal Mine in
Zuoyun County, northern Shanxi, when a total of 145 miners were working
underground. One hundred and one miners managed to escape, rescuers said. --->>
