Across China: Jilin

Miners assumed dead

Sixteen trapped miners in a flooded coal mine in Jilin province had "virtually zero" chance of survival, and rescue work has been suspended, local officials said yesterday.

The likelihood of the miners staying alive in a shaft filled with water and mud for 10 days were remote, said a panel of coal mine rescue experts who conducted a final search of the Zhonghe Coal Mine in Meihekou city on Sunday.