Myanmar: Villagers to Protest Over Grisly Death of Kachin Jade Picker

Nov 18, 2014 | Lawi Weng, The Irrawaddy
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RANGOON — Hundreds of villagers will protest this week after a jade scavenger was allegedly murdered and mutilated in Hpakant, a resource-rich area in northern Burma’s Kachin State.

Nineteen-year-old Gum Ja Awng, also known as Ze Lum, was found dead on the site of the Blue Star Mining Co. in late October. His family claimed that they unearthed his severed body parts from various parts of the worksite.