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In Upper Minhla Township, Gold Miners Using River Rock Mining Boats Are Paying the Military 2 Kyats a Day for the Gold They Are Mining by Force, and Those Who Object Are Being Arrested - Khit Thit Media

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Yangon, May 2: In Upper Min Hla Township, Magway Division, gold miners are paying the military 2 kyats a day to carry out forced mining, and are forcing protesters to be arrested, local residents told Yangon Times. Since 2024, Htun Kyaw Thu and Myo Win from Magway have been illegally mining gold day and night on river mining boats near the Ayeyarwady Malun Bridge in Upper Min Hla Township. They paid the military 2 kyats a day to mine gold. The i…
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Yangon, May 2: In Upper Min Hla Township, Magway Division, gold miners are paying the military 2 kyats a day to carry out forced mining, and are forcing protesters to be arrested, local residents told Yangon Times. Since 2024, Htun Kyaw Thu and Myo Win from Magway have been illegally mining gold day and night on river mining boats near the Ayeyarwady Malun Bridge in Upper Min Hla Township. They paid the military 2 kyats a day to mine gold. The i…

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yktnews.com broke the news on Saturday, May 2, 2026.
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