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Jobless extortionists pose as fake reporters
By Wang Xiang |
March 22, 2010, Monday
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JOBLESS young people in north China's Shanxi Province are posing as reporters to extort money from illegal mine owners, according to Chongqing Evening News today.
Fake journalists promise mine bosses they will cover up accidents or other disasters in return for hush money, the report said.
The problem of fake reporters surfaced after a coal mine blast this February in Shanxi which killed five people and injured three, including fake reporter Wang Guiyuan, the newspaper said.
However, Wang complained that newer recruits to the fake reporting business had lowered the hush money from mine owners from 1,000 yuan (US$146.50) down to 300 yuan.
There is a chain of self-interest behind the mining business, the report said. When a fake reporter shows up in an illegal coal mine, managers would help the owner to pay them off because if they reported conditions to local government, it would cost more to get rid of the officials.
Xinzhou, the biggest coal-producing county in Shanxi, is one of the best places for fake reporters to make a living, the report said. The county was now known as the "fake reporter county." They were called the "funeral gang" because the leader of a group of fake reporters was once in the funeral business.
Fake journalists promise mine bosses they will cover up accidents or other disasters in return for hush money, the report said.
The problem of fake reporters surfaced after a coal mine blast this February in Shanxi which killed five people and injured three, including fake reporter Wang Guiyuan, the newspaper said.
However, Wang complained that newer recruits to the fake reporting business had lowered the hush money from mine owners from 1,000 yuan (US$146.50) down to 300 yuan.
There is a chain of self-interest behind the mining business, the report said. When a fake reporter shows up in an illegal coal mine, managers would help the owner to pay them off because if they reported conditions to local government, it would cost more to get rid of the officials.
Xinzhou, the biggest coal-producing county in Shanxi, is one of the best places for fake reporters to make a living, the report said. The county was now known as the "fake reporter county." They were called the "funeral gang" because the leader of a group of fake reporters was once in the funeral business.
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