Accident at Myanmar jade mine kills at least 15
YANGON, Myanmar — At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar’s jade mining region, state media and officials said Sunday.
Fifteen bodies were retrieved from the site of Saturday’s accident near Lonekhin village but a search was ongoing for more, said Sein Myint Tun, a police officer in Hpakant Township in Kachin state, adding that the dead included 14 men and one woman. He said searchers were hindered by heavy rain.
According to the Myanmar-language New Light of Myanmar, a state newspaper, there were 15 dead and more than 40 injured.
Khin Maung Myint, a member of parliament for the area belonging to the ruling National League for Democracy, said he saw 18 injured people from the Saturday accident at one hospital in Myitkyina, the state capital.