Chinese tycoon imports timber from northern Burma-Bhamo without electricity for four days

A well known Chinese tycoon, Lau Ying with business interests in northern Burma is resuming import of timber to China from Burma’s northern Kachin State since last month, said local sources.Lau Ying’s employees are felling teak and hardwood from the..

For four days and nights residents of Bhamo, the second largest city in Burma’s northern Kachin State, have been without electricity supply because fierce winds laced with heavy rain uprooted electric poles, said local residents.

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