Seven company employees killed in landslide in Hpakant Township, Sein Lone mountain range

Seven male employees of a company were killed after being buried by a landslide that occurred within the company's concession in the Sein Lone mountain range, Hpakant Township, Kachin State, a source from Hpakant told Yangon Khit Thit Media. The landslide occurred this morning, July 3, within a company concession located in the Sein Lone mountain range between Nam Hmaw and Kaung San villages, in the Sep Mu village tract of Hpakant Township. Seven male employees of a stone quarry company were killed, buried by the earth, despite no rainfall. The deceased have been identified as Ko Aye Min, 33, from Kaung San village; Ko Min Htet, 35; Ko Soe Htain, 23; Ko Bawm Tee, 30; Ko Myo Min Htay, 27; Ko Min Khan Kyaw, 22, from Sai Taung village; and Ko Kyaw Linn Oo, 26, from Maw Mon village. "It collapsed without rain. Currently, the situation is such that the earth is collapsing. It collapsed from the cracks. Water seeped into the cracks, and when the water seeped in, it collapsed from the cracks," the Hpakant source told Yangon Khit Thit Media. It was also reported that on June 28, around 1 a.m. in the early morning, seven people who were washing stones for jade in the direction of Saung Sein Maw, Nam Hmaw village, Sep Mu village tract, Hpakant Township, were killed in a landslide. Similarly, on March 17, five employees of the "Sein Sein" company were killed in a landslide at a jade mining site in Mo Si Sa village.