The incident comes days after much of the country was swamped by torrential rain and floods. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The highly lucrative jade mining industry is mostly unregulated, with migrant workers enduring dangerous conditions and frequently deadly incidents.
He described how a massive pile of earth about 150-180m high left behind by mining excavations was loosened by the intense rains and collapsed. “It is not safe for rescue workers to search it,” said the individual, who was with the emergency group Myanmar Rescue and also requested anonymity. Dozens die annually while working in the poorly regulated but lucrative jade industry, which uses low-paid migrant workers to scrape out a gem highly coveted in neighbouring China.
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