At midnight on September 20, 2008, a miner was suffocated to death at Huozhou Huobao Ganhe Coal Mine. The deceased: Ji Xinong, 41 years old, from group two of Beibai Village in Quting Town of Hongtong County, was buried on the 22nd. On the 25th, a miner from the mine reported that after the incident, the mine management did not actively report the fatal mining accident to relevant departments, but instead adopted an internal concealment policy, attempting to keep the accident hidden. By the 25th, more than 200 so-called media journalists from all over the country had gathered on the third floor of the Ganhe Coal Mine office building to line up and receive "gag money."
The flashbulb lit up, "click click," two quick shots, then they quickly exited the room, ran into the hallway, and took another "click click click" three shots, then bolted down the stairs, ran to the first-floor lobby, and before the security guards could react, snapped a series of photos. Then they rushed out the door, jumped into a car that was already running, stepped on the gas, and the car immediately disappeared into the drizzling night rain.