Tint Soe (4R), a lawmaker from the ruling National League for Democracy party is photographed with group of officials and miners next to a giant jade stone at a jade mining site in Hpakant located in Kachine State. AFP PHOTO / MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT TINT SOE
Tint Soe (4R), a lawmaker from the ruling National League for Democracy party is photographed with group of officials and miners next to a giant jade stone at a jade mining site in Hpakant located in Kachine State. AFP PHOTO / MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT TINT SOE

YANGON: A 174-ton piece of jade worth millions of dollars that was uncovered in Myanmar will have to stay where it is for now—because its owners don't have equipment strong enough to move it.

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