Landslide kills scores of Myanmar jade miners | The Malaysian Insight

A view of a flooded valley in Myanmar’s Kachin state, where jade mines are aplenty, today. Fatal landslides in the area are common, and victims are often from impoverished ethnic communities looking for scraps left behind by big firms. – Twitter pic, July 2, 2020.

THE bodies of at least 113 jade miners were pulled from the mud today after a landslide in northern Myanmar, said the fire services, as monsoon rains worsen already deadly conditions. Dozens die each year while working in the country’s highly lucrative but poorly regulated jade industry, which uses low-paid migrants to scrape out a gem highly coveted in China.

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