Dozens are missing after earth and waste from several mines around Lonekhin village in Myanmar's Kachin state slide down a cliff, hitting miners.
A landslide at a remote jade mine in northern Myanmar's Kachin state has killed one person and left at least 70 missing.Officials said earth and waste from several mines slid down a cliff and struck the minersThe area has some of world's richest jade deposits
Gayunar Rescue Team official Nyo Chaw, who was coordinating the effort, said more than 70 miners who were digging for jade were swept into a lake a couple of hours before dawn when the landslide hit on Wednesday. The mines are also a main source of revenue for the Kachin ethnic armed group Kachin Independence Army based in Kachin state.According to an official of a civil society group in Hpakant, who asked not to be named due to fears for his safety, between 20 and 50 mining companies have been operating illegal mines.
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