Padip Tu the younger brother of Padip Gam Awng is also actively involved in the gold operations including taxing small scale artisanal miners. The artisanal miners working at the site are taxed 150,000 Kyat each per day.
The gold mining process that is used involves mercury, cyanide and other toxic chemicals. Run off from the riverside mines flows directly into the local river, which environmental activists from the Kachin Development Networking Group (KDNG) say will have serious and long term repercussions.
http://www.kachinnews.com/news/2533-burma-s-pro-government-kachin-militia-leader-grabs-land-for-gold-mining.html
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