China News Service, July 6th, according to the Myanmar Golden Phoenix Chinese News WeChat public account reported on the 6th, according to the Myanmar authorities statistics, the July 2 mine waste dumping accident caused a total of 172 deaths and 54 injuries. To this end, the authorities provided 500,000 kyats (approximately 2,500 yuan) in compensation to each family of the victims.
On July 2, local time, after a large-scale landslide occurred at the Pagan Emerald Mine in Myanmar, the remains of some of the victims were carried to the scene.
On the morning of July 2nd, an earth landslide accident occurred in Huika Village, Pagan District, and nearly 200 individual jade mine pickers were washed away.
On July 3, the Presidential Palace announced the establishment of the Pagan Mining Disaster Investigation Committee, which was chaired by Wu Wengwen, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. The committee will be responsible for investigating the cause of the accident, investigating the relevant persons in charge at all levels of the accident, consoling and funding the families of the victims, formulating preventive measures, etc., and will need to submit an investigation report to the president as soon as possible.
The Pagan Mine Disaster Investigation Committee recently went to the Pagan mining area in Kachin State, where the waste dump collapsed, to conduct a field investigation. This is the first time since the Presidential Palace announced the establishment of the Waste Landslide Collapse Investigation Committee, the committee went to the incident area for field investigation.
Minister Wu Wengwen, chairman of the Pagan Mining Disaster Investigation Committee, said that the committee will conduct the investigation in the fastest and best way.
The Pagan region is the largest producer of jade in Myanmar, and collapses of abandoned earth mounds formed by mining often result in casualties. A collapse accident in November 2015 killed more than 110 people.