Builder of Myanmar Condo Destroyed in Quake Jailed for 5 Years
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A ruling against the builder of a collapsed condominium in the Mandalay earthquake rekindled the spotlight on the 2025 earthquake in which several Burmese workers also lost their lives on the other side of the border in Thailand. An investigation shows how thousands of migrant workers continue to work in Thai yards without adequate protection and for low wages.
Builder of Myanmar condo destroyed in quake jailed for 5 years
YANGON, July 7 — The builder of a Myanmar condominium which collapsed killing more than 200 people during a devastating earthquake last year has been sentenced to five years in prison, local media and a person familiar with the case said.The 7.7-magnitude quake killed at least 2,700 people in total in March last year, dealing a heavy blow to a country reeling from civil war since the military seized power in a 2021 coup.Portions of the Sky Villa…
A Myanmar court has sentenced the owner of the construction company that built the "Sky Villa" condominium in Mandalay, which collapsed in the 2025 earthquake that killed 206 people, to five years in prison and hard labor.
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