The landslide in the Hpakant area of Kachin State happened at around 4 am and there were fears that about 80 people had been swept into a lake by mining waste, an official at the Kachin Network Development Foundation said.
The Mizzima news portal and Khit Thit media also reported dozens appeared to be missing in the incident in Hpakant, which is the centre of Myanmar’s secretive jade industry. In another landslide last weekend, media reported at least six people died. Economic pressures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have drawn more migrants to the jade mines even as conflict has flared since Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup in February.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
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