Missing youth found dead with injuries in forest pond in Hpakant

Missing young man found dead with injuries in a forest pond in Hpakant

October 28

The body of a young man was found in a state of decomposition in a pond at Bawm Nam Maw in Saing Taung village tract, Hpakant area, Kachin State, it is learned.

At around 4:30 pm yesterday, October 27, the body of a man was found in a state of decomposition in the pond, and the deceased was identified as Maung Zaw Naw, 29, from Bawm Nam Maw village, it is learned.

"He went to look for stones with his friend, and his friend came back. He didn't come back. We searched from that day on but couldn't find him. Only yesterday evening did he surface, bloated, in a pond in the forest, and the villagers learned of it. We don't know for sure yet whether he was killed or fell in on his own. There's an injury on his head," a local said.

The deceased had gone missing on October 25 while searching for unwashed stones with his friend, and one injury was found on the head of the body, it is learned.

In the Hpakant area, deaths are frequently encountered due to landslides and other work-related hazards, it is also learned.

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