King of the Jungle (The Heroin Warlord Who Would Be King)
In the Golden Triagle of Southeast Asia a warlord named Khun Sa has turned an independence movement into the world’s biggest heroin business between 1967-1995.
In early January 1996, Khun Sa and his army MTA (Shan Mong Tai Army) surrendered to the Burmese Ruler.
However, large numbers of ex-MTA troops refused to surrender, and instead began moving north from the former MTA areas along the Thai-Burma border to join the other Shan resistance groups, the Shan State Army and the Shan State National Army, who had ceasefire agreements with the SLORC. These ex-MTA soldiers regrouped themeselves into a new army under the leadership of Col. Yord Serk.
The ex-MTA Later largely involved Opium and white pure Heroin production for the survival.
Moreover, Haw Chinese commanders of the MTA Opium-convoy, who left behind Khun Sa, are also indulgently continuing the heroin trade with their regular clients in the west.
