Chinh's news: In north China, corruption rules the coal mines: "By Robert Saiget A miner prepares to start work at a coal mine in Xi'an Mine workers carry pipes to the entrance of the flooded Wangjialing..."
collusion between the government and the mines is widespread in China
China's vast coal mining industry is notoriously accident-prone due to lax regulation, corruption and inefficiency as mines rush to meet soaring demand.
Most of the corrupt officials have not been investigated because they are good at concealing their crimes. They use relatives to indirectly operate mines and rake in profits
His luck was no good -- what is pitiful is that there are so many with good luck. What is even funnier is that luck can be bought by money. High-level leaders are the gods of good fortune," said one user of a Sina.com chatroom.
During his trial, Hao fingered more senior officials -- accusations that were struck from the record by the presiding judge.
"There are reasons that I have fallen so low," numerous state press reports quoted Hao as saying at his trial, accusing the county's Communist Party secretary of demanding a huge bribe from him as the judge cut him off.
The Pu county government refused to comment on the case when contacted by AFP.
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