Muslims pray at a temporary mosque erected beside the rubble of the former mosque, destroyed during a powerful 7.7 magnitude Earthquake that struck on March 28, 2025, at Bon Oe village in Mandalay.
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 condo in Mandalay city -- the deadliest single site -- pancaked, killing 206 people, according to managers of the upmarket mid-rise.
The last of the bodies were recovered from the site in September.
