Pekan ini, Gubernur Provinsi Shanxi, Cina terpaksa mengundurkan diri, setelah tempat penampungan limbah tambang ilegal jebol dan menewaskan lebih 200 orang.

Bencana penambangan baru-baru ini, terjadi di provinsi yang terkenal karena catatan keamanan pertambangan yang buruk.

Elise Potaka mencari tahu mengapa pemerintah Cina kesulitan untuk memperbaiki kondisi keamanan itu.

Simak laporannya bersama Nita Roshita.

Every year close to 4000 coal miners in China die in mining related accidents.

But this figure doesn’t include those who are facing a longer, slower death.

The poor health and safety conditions in many Chinese mines results in thousands of miners getting work-related illnesses each year, some fatal.

Up against powerful mine owners, and lacking access information about avenues of redress, many miners choose to stay silent.

But Elise Potaka reports on one case which could turn things around.