Local party chief probed after 82 killed in Chinese mining tragedy

A top official in China's Shanxi province is under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline and law following a deadly mining accident that killed at least 82 people.

A ​party chief ​in the northern coal-rich ‌Chinese province ​of Shanxi is under investigation over "suspected serious ‌violations of discipline and law", the local anti-graft agency said on Tuesday, after a mining ‌tragedy last month that killed at ‌least 82. Zhao Yongjin, the top official of Qinyuan county, "is currently undergoing disciplinary review and a ⁠supervisory investigation ​by the ⁠provincial discipline inspection and supervision commission," a statement ⁠showed.

An initial probe into the deadliest mining ​accident in China since 2009 has uncovered ⁠concealed mining tunnels, falsified drawings and outsourced and ⁠unregistered ​miners, who had not been provided with required life-saving location trackers. The ⁠government has pledged to leave no stone ⁠unturned ⁠in rooting out the cause of the incident.