Soma branch of the CHP, unconvinced of the numbers, has opened a missing persons office.

Soma branch of the Republican People's Party (CHP), unconvinced of the numbers, has opened a missing persons office.(TZ).

The Soma branch of the Republican People's Party (CHP), unconvinced of the numbers, has opened a missing persons office in the mining town to locate the bodies.

CHP Deputy Chairman Yakup Akkaya claimed: “Everybody in Soma says there are inconsistencies with the numbers. There are people who still haven't found their relatives. We don't want anything to be covered up.”

CHP Manisa branch Chairman Hasan Cihat Kaplan and CHP Soma branch Chairman Murat Bayramoğlu are in charge of coordinating the efforts of the missing persons office.

When the CHP opened its office, the 486 names hadn't been announced. Energy Minister Taner Yıldız had initially said there were 787 workers trapped inside the mine. Although the total count now comes to 787, the CHP suspects there are some miners unaccounted for among the dead.

The CHP called on victims' families to contact their missing persons office if they have failed to locate the body of a loved one.

Rescue efforts in the mining town of Soma ended on Sunday. Workers, supposedly preparing the mine for a legal investigation, put up walls blocking two of the mine's entrances. Walls from autoclaved concrete blocks have also been put up inside the mine in front of the entries of some galleries, reports said. Officials say the purpose of the walls is to contain the fire still raging on in the mine.

The authorities have also said workers entering the site carrying concrete blocks were going to repair the parts of the mine where there is a risk of collapsing. The chief prosecutor, work safety inspectors and experts will visit the site after the repair work is done, they said.Hmmmm......All 'Loyal AKP members' i presume?Read the full story here.