China's mines have long been notorious for their poor safety record Cheap Nike Air Vapormax Flyknit , however, police have discovered that some fatal incidents are by no means accidents.
A man inspects a coal mine where miners were murdered. Photo: CFP Police seize suspects who murdered miners in fake mine collapses. Photo: CFP Quotes: Global Times
Under the Zhengai Mine in Lüliang, North China's Shanxi Province, rubble from a tunnel collapse created a small mountain of earth and rocks.
A fairly common scene in many of the country's dangerous coal mines. Sadly, the pair of feet sticking out from under the rocks is also not an unusual sight in the accident-prone industry.
Two miners worked together to dig out the dead man Cheap Nike Air Vapormax , who was known as Ai in the mine.
Ai "died" in the mine when a part of the mine caved in on top of him. When he died, he had only been working at the mine for two weeks along with two others from his hometown in Southwest China's Yunnan Province. In order to avoid an official investigation, the mine owner gave 800,000 yuan ($121,600) to the man's relatives, hoping to bring a swift end to the matter Cheap Air Vapormax Shoes , according to the Southern Weekly.
But the real Ai didn't die and there was no accident. The miners pulled someone else's corpse from under those rocks.
The death has since been revealed as a typical case of mining accident fraud. The real Ai's role was to lend his identity to the dead man. In this "accident," he and his "mother" Luo split 110,000 yuan together.
In scenes reminiscent from the 2003 movie Blind Shaft, they killed one of their own and then extorted money from the mine owner by claiming it was a tragic mining accident and that if they were paid a reasonable amount of compensation they would make the trouble go away.
But after "dying" several times, Ai was found out by police.
In 2014, a mining accident killed a miner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. His registered name was also "Ai." When police investigated Cheap Air Vapormax Mens , they found out that "Ai" still had residency and transportation records in Yunnan, more than 2,000 kilometers away.
Police suspected that this was murder. After detaining four suspects, they found out more about their gang and eventually arrested a total of 74 people in total who had weaved a web of organized crime and murder.
On May 30, 2016, the local procuratorate in Wulat Cheap Air Vapormax Womens , Inner Mongolia, charged the 74 with crimes ranging from murder and fraud to blackmail. They have been blamed for the deaths of 17 people which occurred from 2010 to 2014 in six provinces and autonomous regions.
The series of cases will go to trial around October this year.
Choosing victims
Most of the 74 defendants are also from Zhaotong, Yunnan. The oldest of them is over 60 years old, while the youngest was born in 1990.
Mining fraud is something of a family business. A judicial official in Wulat told the Southern Weekly that in Shisun village, Yunnan Province, at least eight people from the same family were arrested as part of the 74.
Locals have nicknamed people who fake this type of accident "pig slaughters." They are organized and each have their own specific role: some look for victims Cheap Air Vapormax Plus , some contact mines, some keep a lookout, some kill and some pretend to be the victims' family members and negotiate compensation.
Homeless men, colleagues and friends who are passing by are all potential targets as long as they are men and look a little like one of the gang's members.
The real victim of the Lüliang "mining accident," surnamed He, was walking down the street when one of the suspects noticed that he looked like Ai. A few days later Cheap Air Vapormax Flyknit , the gang lured him to the mine by offering him a big payday.
Ai gave He his ID card to use, in order to fake his death. The "pig slaughterers" have several ways to persuade people to take on the identity of another, such as claiming it is necessary if they are to make money or simply stealing the victim's ID card and then offering their co-conspirators' card as a replacement.
Suspects usually choose remote, badly run, private mines. Some mines are engaged in illegal resource exploitation and production, according to the Southern Weekly.
In the well
Two or three gang members will take the victim deep into the mine. This requires the cooperation of the foreman who makes the work schedule Cheap Air Vapormax , as they need to put the killers and their victim into one team and make sure they can get some privacy in the mineshaft. A foreman in a coal mine in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province not only helped suspects with scheduling, but also helped them to find the perfect place to commit the crime.
Some people who want to make money this way do not want blood on their hands. These who are unwilling to kill people can hire killers to do this for them. In one case in Changzhi, Shanxi, two men who wanted to commit this kind of murder and fraud tried to contact known killer Wang Qiangwen. When they couldn't get hold of him immediately, they shelved their plans until they found Wang.
Wang, hard-featured and of short stature Cheap Nike Vapormax Shoes , was born in Shisun village in 1982. His mother left home when he was 12. The next year, Wang began to wander the country. In his 20s, he was given a 2-year sentence by a court for harboring a criminal.
Villagers said that he was one of the first villagers to commit a "blind shaft" crime. Wang demanded hefty fees for his services. He once asked for 180,000 yuan to kill someone.
After setting the stage, the suspects usually commit the crime within a week. They liked to do it at night, usually at 9pm or
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