President of Chinese mine company kills himself after mine collapse

The owner of a collapsed Chinese mine has drowned after he jumped into a well in an apparent suicide as more than 700 rescuers battle to save workers still trapped underground. State media reported that 17 workers were still trapped, and one had died when the gypsum mine collapsed on Friday in the eastern province of Shandong.

The president of the company that owns the mine, Ma Congbo, of Yurong Commerce and Trade Ltd. Co., was helping rescue efforts when State media, when he jumped into a mine well and drowned, according to state media who were quoting a morning briefing by the rescue command center.


A total of 29 people were working underground when the collapse occurred at about 8am on Friday and ten of them were rescued on the same day.