Inspectors locked up at Shandong plant

Factory hiding coal-fired boiler resists environmental oversight; boss detained

Two people at a boiler factory in Jinan, Shandong province, were detained after they locked environmental protection inspectors in a section of the plant for more than an hour, the city government said on Monday. The plant has been shut down.

An inspection team found on Sunday that the plant, owned by Shandong Lyujie Green Technology Co, has a coal-fired boiler that should have been phased out, and it didn't install any equipment to reduce dust and other discharges.