Khun Sa faces unexpected arrest by the Burmese ruler
Failure to establish permanent bases in the Shan territoy and Thai border areas, the KMT determined to inform Burmese leaders through courriers and contacts that foreign ruler would be overthrown by force of Khun Sa.
The Burmese believed it and invited Khun Sa.
Khun Sa arrived in Taunggyi on 17 October 1969 to attend a special meeting.
On October 20 he was arrested and sent him to Mandalay preson for 5 years in alone cell with no body to talk to, only acopy of the famous story of “Romance of the 3 Kingdoms”.
It was nevertheless worth it, he said, because he was able to make a thorough review of the Shan situation and formulate plans for the future plans for the future.
Meanwhile his troops had not been idle. Most of them, being timely alerted, swiftly joined hands with the Shan State Army (SSA) led by Commander in chief Gen. Soe Laen and Divisional Commander Col. Sam Mong.
This Shan army is realy Revolution against the Burmese Government for decades, but defuncted in 1989 (the full story of The SSA will be continued ).
Khun SA’s army then led by the able and loyal Gen.
Chang Shi Suan, “Fa Lung” his chief of staff.
It was he who received the daring plan to kidnap two Russian doctors working in Taunggyi, the City of the south Shan State, to hold as hostage in exchange for the return of their leader.
The Russians were abducted on 16 April 1973 in Taunggyi and held in the jungle.
They were freed in Thailand after diplomatic hurdles had been cleared away.
Khun Sa was released on 7 September following the year, but not allowed to involve political movment.
In Mandaly, he had acted as a ordinary people for more than a year under military authorities’s watchful.
He managed to escape on 7 Feb, 1976 and was able to rejoin his men. He based in Ma Hin Tak later that year and drew up the six year plan for the control and eradication of opium and opium related crops.
