KUCHING: Three Chinese nationals died of suspected smoke inhalation after a fire broke out inside the Lucky Hill coal mine in Abok, near Pantu, about 80km from Sri Aman on Friday.
Sri Aman police chief DSP Mat Jusoh Mohamad said the identities of the three men, believed to be senior miners working for the Malaysia-South Korea joint venture, had yet to be ascertained.
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