Six killed in landslide at illegal tin mine in Indonesia's Bangka region

Search and rescue workers observing a landslide scar on Feb 3, 2026 at the Pondi illegal tin mining site in Pemali district, Bangka regency, Bangka Belitung Islands. - Courtesy of Pangkalpinang SAR Office

JAKARTA: Search and rescue workers have found six bodies of the seven workers buried by a landslide that occurred on Monday (Feb 2) at the Pondi illegal tin mining operation in Bangka Belitung Islands.

Eleven workers were at the site when the landslide occurred, burying seven workers in the illegal tin mine in Pemali district, Bangka regency.