Locals from Kachin State say they are worried about their safety after a villager was injured by dynamite blasts in the Hpakant jade mines.

Locals from Kachin State say they are worried about their safety after a villager was injured by dynamite blasts in the Hpakant jade mines.
Three years since the jade trade was revealed to be worth 31 billion dollars, questions still abound about what improvements have been made by Aung San Suu Kyi’s government to…
A villager in Hpakant told DVB the death toll has risen to two as one of the patients at the hospital died.
We need to control those coming to Myanmar, and make sure they follow the rules.”
The fatal incident occurred after a crowd of freelance miners gathered at the site entrance to protest the temporary closure of the mine by its contractors.
Sagaing MP says: “The security guards did not attempt to stop the miners from walking in, but then fired on them as soon as they had done so.”