Casualty of progress: Min Hteik’s injured hand will prevent him from working to support his family. — AFP
Hmawbi (Myanmar): Fourteen-year-old San Min Hteik had worked at the steel factory for less than a week when his hand got caught in a machine, a casualty of the economic boom driving more children into Myanmar’s factories.
Two of his fingers were lost after the rod-cutter sliced them down to the bone and weeks later doctors are still unsure whether they will be able to save the others.
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