More calls to reform Myanmar's deadly jade trade

Sai Ko is still recovering from head injuries sustained from Myanmar's worst-ever mine disaster. - AFP

HPAKANT, Myanmar (AFP): A torrent of water, rock and heavy sludge spun Sai Ko as he clung to a corpse to survive - a memory that still traumatises the young "jade-picker" three months after Myanmar's worst-ever mine disaster.

Heavy rainfall in July triggered a massive landslide in Hpakant -- the green heart of Myanmar's jade trade in northern Kachin state -- that entombed nearly 300 miners.