At least one person has died and up to 100 more may have been swept into a lake in Kachin state
The jade mining region of Hpakant in northern Myanmar. Dozens are reported missing after a landslide on Wednesday morning.The jade mining region of Hpakant in northern Myanmar. Dozens are reported missing after a landslide on Wednesday morning.First published on Wed 22 Dec 2021 04.41 GMTMyanmarThe landslide in the Hpakant area of Kachin state happened at about 4am on Wednesday local time, and there were fears up to 100 people were missing.
An official at the Kachin Network Development Foundation, a civil society group, told Reuters that up to 80 people may have been swept into the lake by mining waste. “They mine at night and in the morning they tip out the earth and rock,” said the activist, adding the added weight had caused the land to slip down into the lake.
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