A torrent of water, rock and heavy sludge spun Sai Ko as he clung to a corpse to survive – a memory that still traumatises the young “jade-picker” three months after Myanmar’s worst ever mine disaster.Heavy rainfall in July triggered a massive landslide in Hpakant – the green heart of Myanmar’s jade trade in northern Kachin state – that entombed nearly 300 miners.Today, Sai Ko is still recovering from head injuries sustained when the unstable mountain of waste collapsed beneath him.Two of his…
from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3103822/pressure-mounts-myanmar-act-deadly-jade-mining-industry
Friday, October 2, 2020
Pressure mounts on Myanmar to act on deadly jade mining industry after landslide killed almost 300 people
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