More than 50 feared killed in landslide at Myanmar jade mine

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

"Fifty-four people are missing in the mud," a duty officer from Hpakant township police station told AFP, asking not to be named.The Ministry of Information confirmed the accident and number of missing, adding that the area was mined by the Myanmar Thura Gems and Shwe Nagar Koe Kaung companies. Fatal landslides in the area are common, with victims often from impoverished ethnic communities looking for scraps left behind by big firms.In July last year, the bodies of 23 landslide victims were recovered after a days-long search hampered by heavy monsoon rains.

Northern Myanmar's abundant natural resources - including jade, timber, gold and amber - help finance both sides of a decades-long civil war between ethnic Kachin insurgents and the military.

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