Dozens feared missing after landslide at Myanmar jade mine

  • 12/22/2021
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Dec 22 (Reuters) - Dozens of people are feared missing after a landslide early on Wednesday at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, according to a civil society group and media reports. The landslide in the Hpakant area of Kachin State happened at around 4 am local time and there were fears about 80 people had been swept into a lake by mining waste, an official at the Kachin Network Development Foundation, a civil society group, told Reuters. The Mizzima news portal also reported dozens appeared to be missing in the landslide.

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