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September 22, 2006
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Government officials disciplined for owning coal mine shares

BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Supervision announced on Friday that 315 government officials and heads of state- owned enterprises (SOEs) have been disciplined this year for owing shares in coal mines.

"Forty five people out of them are now under judicial investigations," Chen Changzhi, vice minister of supervision, said at a press conference. "The ministry has received 1,022 reports of such offences - 928 have been investigated."

The Chinese government issued an ultimatum in August 2005 ordering government officials and heads of SOEs to report their investment in coal mines and to ...

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