HEGANG, China, Nov 23 – Relatives of victims of a gas blast at a north-east Chinese coal mine scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the death toll from the latest in a series of mine disasters at 104.
The protest came a day after another 11 miners were killed in a blast at a pit in the southern province of Hunan, Xinhua said. China’s government is nervous about any public protests, and will be keen to keep discontent under control.
