Workers are searching for jade scraps in Pha Kan city, Kachin state as mud waves hit them. After heavy rain Fire department specified on Facebook page
"Now we have found more than 100 bodies. There are still many bodies in the mud. The number of deaths is increasing steadily. "Stalin Maung, Ministry of Information Officer Told Reuters by phone
Landslides and accidents This is normal in the Pha Kan mine. In these many years There are many deaths in the area, many of whom come to search for jade fragments that may remain from the mining of large operators.
A network of 38-year-old miners who saw the incident said that he saw a high pile of soil pretending to collapse And when I was about to take a picture People began to shout, "Run, run!"
"Less than a minute, the people below (the hill) had disappeared. There were people trapped in the mud shouting for help. But no one can help them, "Maung said.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's government pledged to clean up the industry when it took over the country in 2016, but activists say there is little change.
Official jade sales in Burma were valued at 671 million euros during 2016-2017, according to data released by the government. Which is part of the initiative for transparency in the natural resource extraction industry But experts believe that the true value of an industry that is largely exported to China is much higher than this.
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