Yangon: More than 50 people were feared dead after a landslide in northern Myanmar engulfed jade miners while they were sleeping, local police said Tuesday, the latest deadly accident in a notoriously dangerous industry. Dozens die each year in landslides caused by jade mining, a poorly regulated industry rife with corruption and sandwiched between the country’s borders with China and India. Local police described a freak accident in Kachin state on Monday night so big it created a huge "mud lake” that buried the miners as well as some 40 vehicles. (AFP)
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More than 50 feared killed in landslide at Myanmar jade mine
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Apr 24, 2019
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