Burmese quake toll 'over 150'
JOURNALIST TELLS OF CHAOTIC RELIEF SCENE
- Published: 27/03/2011 at 04:24 AM
- Newspaper section: News
The death toll from the earthquake in Burma is much greater than feared with more than 150 people killed in the disaster, eyewitness reports suggest.
Puenkham Payakwong, a Tachilek native who works as a reporter for the Shan Herald News Agency, told the Bangkok Post that more than 150 people were killed, double the official toll of 75.
He also described a chaotic scene where relief efforts were failing to reach people, some of whom were running short of rice and water.
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- Writer: Mongkol Bangprapa & Kultida Ssmabuddhi
