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Officials Say at Least 2 People are Dead and 8 are Missing after Stone Quarry Collapse in Indonesia

Representation photo: Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Representation photo: Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
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Officials Say at Least 2 People are Dead and 8 are Missing after Stone Quarry Collapse in Indonesia

Representation photo: Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Representation photo: Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

A natural stones quarry in Indonesia’s West Java province collapsed on several people who were working inside on Friday, killing at least two people and leaving several workers missing, officials said.

At least 10 people were trapped in the rubble when the mine in Cirebon district collapsed, West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi estimated in a video statement, and rescuers have retrieved at least two bodies.

The exact number of casualties was still unclear as local television reported rescuers were able to pull at least a dozen injured people from the debris and recover bodies during a grueling search effort.

Police, emergency personnel, soldiers and volunteers were trying to locate any remaining worker. Their efforts were hampered by unstable soil that risked further slides, the television report said.

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Taiwan Indicts Four Suspected Spies for China in Case Reaching Presidential Office

The Taipei 101 building stands among residential and commercial buildings in Taipei on June 10, 2025. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)
The Taipei 101 building stands among residential and commercial buildings in Taipei on June 10, 2025. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)
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Taiwan Indicts Four Suspected Spies for China in Case Reaching Presidential Office

The Taipei 101 building stands among residential and commercial buildings in Taipei on June 10, 2025. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)
The Taipei 101 building stands among residential and commercial buildings in Taipei on June 10, 2025. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)

Taipei prosecutors indicted four people on Tuesday suspected of spying for China in a case that reached Taiwan's presidential office, seeking jail terms of more than 18 years.

Democratically-governed Taiwan says it has faced heightened military and political pressure over the past five years or so from Beijing, which views the island as sovereign Chinese territory, a position Taipei's government rejects.

In a statement, Taipei prosecutors said the four, all previously members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, had been indicted on espionage and other charges.

One of them was a former assistant to then foreign minister Joseph Wu, now head of the National Security Council, while another was a former presidential office adviser, sources familiar with the matter have previously told Reuters.

The Taipei prosecutors said in a statement that their suspected crimes included divulging or delivering classified national security information to China.

Jail sentences of 18 years or more are being sought, the statement added.

Reuters was not able to immediately locate contact details for legal representatives of any of those indicted.

China's Taiwan Affairs Office did not respond to a request for comment.

Last week, Taiwan's presidential office said it could not comment on the cases given the ongoing legal proceedings.

But it said that any person, regardless of party affiliation, who has "betrayed the country, collaborated with hostile external forces and committed crimes that hurt the whole nation" should be subject to the most severe punishment.