A senior safety official in China's Shanxi province is under investigation following a devastating coal mine explosion that resulted in 82 fatalities. The official is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law.

A high-ranking workplace safety official in central China’s Shanxi province has been placed under investigation over a massive coal mine explosion that killed 82. Zhang Heping, deputy director of the provincial department of emergency management, is suspected of “serious violations of discipline and law”, according to a statement released by the provincial discipline inspection and supervisory commission late on Wednesday. The provincial anti-corruption watchdog explicitly linked Zhang to the...