Key facts
- Zhao Yongjin, party chief of Qinyuan county, is under investigation.
- The investigation follows a mining tragedy that killed at least 82 people.
- Issues uncovered include concealed mining tunnels, falsified drawings, and unregistered miners.
- Miners were not provided with required life-saving location trackers.
- The government has pledged to root out the cause of the incident.
Zhao Yongjin, the party chief of Qinyuan county in China's Shanxi province, is under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline and law. This probe was initiated after a significant mining incident last month resulted in the deaths of at least 82 individuals. The tragedy brought to light serious operational and regulatory failures, including the existence of concealed mining tunnels, falsified drawings, and the employment of unregistered miners who were not provided with required life-saving location trackers. The government has pledged to leave no stone unturned in rooting out the cause of the incident. A county-level Communist Party chief in China's central Shanxi province was put under disciplinary review, 11 days after a deadly gas explosion at a local mine killed 82 people and left two missing. Zhao Yongjin, party secretary of Qinyuan county in Changzhi, Shanxi, was “suspected of serious violations of discipline and law”, the Shanxi provincial discipline inspection and supervisory commission, an anti-corruption watchdog, announced on Tuesday night. The blast took place at the Liushenyu Coal.