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50 feared dead in Myanmar landslide

YANGON: More than 50 persons are feared killed after a landslide in northern Myanmar engulfed jade miners while they were sleeping, the local police said on Tuesday, the latest deadly accident in a notoriously dangerous industry.

Yangon, April 23

More than 50 persons are feared killed after a landslide in northern Myanmar engulfed jade miners while they were sleeping, the local police said on Tuesday, the latest deadly accident in a notoriously dangerous industry.

Dozens die each year in landslides caused by jade mining, a notoriously corrupt and poorly regulated industry concentrated near the country’s border with China. The 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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