And a massive corporate scandal in china involving a british executive allegedly paying bribes worth millions of dollars. There are chaotic scenes in soma has desperate families wait for news of their loved ones trapped under ground. Andrew simmons reports. Reporter its the agonizing aftermath of every mine yours worst fear and the nightmare of their loved ones. An underground fire, explosion and poisonous fumes. And now stunned incomprehension of loss. And on such a vast scale. Rescuers did their best, but so many minors died together in large numbers. Translator its one of the biggest work accidents in our history, the fire started in a mine owned by a private company. 77 Million People are feeling this pain and its hard to go through this process. We are sorry to lose the minors working to earn a living. I give my condolences to the families, and hope the injured will get better soon. Reporter the relatives had to wait hour after hour. And the death toll just kept increasing. Transl
An amnesty for people charged and prosecuted in political cases is long overdue and a fresh bid to push for one this time round is unlikely to trigger political turmoil like the previous attempt in 2013, according to political analysts.
It has been a couple of days of remarkable action. Lese majeste convictions, bail for hunger strikers, and royal nonsense. As we noted in a previous post, we have a feeling that all of this action has something to do with some splits in the establishment. This becomes clearer with a couple of other legal…