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		</div><p>A Chinese local government official has killed himself a week after a landslide from a pile-up of construction waste in his city left scores missing and presumed dead.</p>
<p>Shenzhen Police said the head of the Urban Management Bureau in the city&#8217;s Guangming New District jumped to his death from a building on Sunday.<br />
The official was identified only by his surname, Xu. No further details were given.</p>
<p>In the December 20 disaster, a mountain of construction waste collapsed amid heavy rains onto an industrial park in Guangming New District, killing one person and leaving 75 missing and presumed dead.</p>
<p>In a rare move, Shenzhen&#8217;s senior officials, including the city&#8217;s Communist Party chief and its mayor, bowed deeply at a news conference to apologise.</p>
<p>It was not clear if Xu was under investigation over the landslide, although the responsibilities of the Urban Management Bureau usually include regulating businesses and construction sites.</p>
<p>Officials have labelled the landslide a man-made disaster, raising the possibility of harsh penalties for those held responsible.</p>
<p>Also on Sunday, the owner of a gypsum mine in the eastern province of Shandong, Ma Congbo, drowned after jumping into a well in an apparent suicide during rescue efforts for 17 workers still trapped two days after the mine collapsed and killed one person.</p>
<p>Despite the threat of prison time over major industrial accidents, a lack of regulatory oversight and cost-cutting by management often lead to disasters.</p>
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