(17 Feb 2014) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 931687
VOICE-OVER SCRIPT:
AT LEAST 21 MINERS IN SOUTH AFRICA WHO WERE TRAPPED AND LATER RESCUED FROM AN ABANDONED MINE SHAFT FACE CHARGES OF ILLEGAL MINING.
MORE REMAIN UNDERGROUND...REFUSING TO COME UP FOR FEAR OF BEING ARRESTED.
SOUNDBITE (English):
"The current group that we're supposed to extricate plus or minus the ten have disappeared."
THE TEN MINERS RESCUED TODAY WERE IN GOOD HEALTH.
YET THEY DIDN'T GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MINERS THAT STILL REMAIN UNDERGROUND.
"There's lots of people underneath, however in the hole that we were doing our extrication from, there were 15 odd."
PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL MINING INCLUDE FINES AND PRISON TIME IN SOME CASES.
BUT IT STILL REMAINS COMMON IN SOUTH AFRICA, A MAJOR PRODUCER OF GOLD AND PLATINUM.
SALIM ESSAID, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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