BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities will hunt down the officials who gave protection to a "mafia-style" gang run by a former mining magnate charged with crimes ranging from murder to gun-running, a top newspaper said on Friday.
Liu Han, the former chairman of Hanlong Mining, which attempted to take over Australia's Sundance Resources Ltd, led his gang on a crime spree for more than a decade, focused on China's southwestern province of Sichuan, state media have said.
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