Liu Yangyang, a worker at Lugou Coal Mine under Zhengzhou Coal Group in Henan’s Zhengzhou, died from excessive fatigue after working over ten hours a day for an extended period. As the mining company refused to offer compensation, the deceased worker’s family staged multiple days of protests at the mine demanding accountability. On July 16, the family was sprayed with tap water by the mine’s security guards at the entrance of the facility.
