Gandar Mount P.S.O

It is small city on the hill-top in east Mong Su township but a lot of various nationals and tribes are living and striving to get money not only in a short time but also making a massive profit, by hardiness, although it is hazardous to them.

To the mountain city, where the natural ruby stones are dug and sold them as being good business, the merchants or visitors must depend on 4 wheel truck driving about 2 hours along mountainous route from botom of the mountain.

The ruby stones each weight from 2 to 20 carats could be found after diging out for 7 meters or more deeper and about 4 square-meters wide.

Many hard-laborers who risk to do across the country settle down here and try their luck.

The capitalists inclding Chineses, Indians, Burmese, Shans, Wa Army and Thais are waiting to buy alot of ruby stones.

The quality of the ruby is similar to ruby from Pai Lin of Cambodia.

The best ruby in the world is in Moe Goke mine in Burma and it is strictly controlled by the Burmese Junta.

The Junta allows only the Opium King Pins such as Lo Shin Han, Khun Sa and Way Zu Gong who pay revenue to run gem mines.

The alleged Mong Su city has since 1990 been popular with it’s beautiful red-ruby as the ruby-stones were firstly found by the Palawng tribe, who regularly living around the mountain area, during in rainy season.

But later after 1999 the situation in the city had apparently changed into turbulence because of inflowing original Chinese from mother land as in one hand, increasing drugs and weapons trafficking business in the area is on the other hand.

Merchants and capitalists are using the currency of US Dollar, Chinese Yuan and Thai baht only.

No electricity in the mountain-city but some,who are able to bring in a small petrol-engine for electricity from China, have own private electricity.

About 20,000 residents in the city strive to be rich only and also not to live in poverty while the country is being poverty-stricken situation.

Among the smugglers,hundreds of Thai involved in the arms, drugs and gems trafficking are also found in the City.

Thai traffickers, speak Shan and English for business talks (as Thais and Laos can talk to each other by using own language), run between the mountain city and Mae Sai border where their bosses or regular customers or investors are on alert in Takilek because of having better security than in Mae Sai.

For an example, short guns Pistols and Revolvers are being popular in the Ruby-land every body who have a lot of money ordered the guns from the Thai smugglers to use it for self- protection or resold them to others.

The Thai traffickers venture to do both illegal methamphetamine and guns business while they have friendships with the Red Wa Army and Shan Army forces, which had agreed cease-fire with the Burmese Government since 1998, being active around the mountain.

About 4,000 of Shans and Wa soldiers from the both armed groups are depending on these illegal business for their survival as long as they are alloted to base here by their high ranking leaders from Headquarters.

Only the majors and captains from each group command their soldiers and control their high income.

About 1,000 Burmese soldiers whose commanders must be friends with the cease-fire groups depend on the tax-payment from the Wa and Shan as well as from the wealthy Chinese-groups who run gambling dens business and brewery.

Two drug courier are able to carry 10,000 drug-pill, driving motorcycle from the mountain to the Thai border by gungle route.

The drug courier however have to hire the Shan motorcyclist who is familiar with the jungle route to avoid the Burmese security gates setting up for checking passengers who travel by cars and trucks loading with goods.

One amphetamine pill produced and sold by Wa army cost only 30 baht when sold it in border it would cost 100 baht.,the border price. A new revolver cost 40,000
baht and a new pistol coast 50,000 baht.

Both must be USA and Italy made as they preferred to use it than China made.

The used shot guns in good condition are also bought but cheap.

New or used short guns are collected in Mae Sai.

Human rights activists are demanding the Thai Government impose measures to pressure the Burmese Junta to stop its violent crackdown on mass anti-Junta protesters and called on the Government to review two mega-investment projects in Burma.

Ms Ladawan, head of Campaign for Democracy in Burma, said if Thailand suspended the construction of a hydro power dam which is on the Salween river and in the area of active Karen Ni Revolution force and a gas purchase contract it would have a direct economic impact on the Burmese Junta.

The question is whether the “Thai Government has the moral courage to take action,” she said.

Meanwhile China called on sides in Burma to exercise restraint on incident and told the foreign media not to worsen the situation by exaggerating events.

The unfolding crackdown by Burma’s Government against the democracy demonstrators, many of them Buddhist monks, has put China in a difficult position.

The Communist Government has developed close diplomatic ties with Burmese Government is major trading partner and investor.

However before the Beijing Olympics game, China has been fending off criticism that it shelters unpopular abusive regimes around the world.

The U.S President George W.Bush had also, earlier in September, called for reform of the council, citing disappointment with its failure to scrutinies the world’s worst human rights violators.

Bush signs law to ban gems trade

WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush on 29 July 2008 renewed a ban on imports from military-ruled Burma and also signed a new law that aims to keep Burma’s Gems from entering US markets via third-party countries.

In parallel the US treasury slapped financial sanctions on 10 companies owned or controlled by the Burmese Government or Government officials, including companies involved in the gem trade.

“On the Burmese regime,our message is: the United States believes in democracy and freedom,” Mr. Bush said during a White House ceremony in which he signed the two laws.

The Burmese freedom and Democracy Act renews a sanctions regime imposed since 2003 over the suppression of opposition leader Aung Sun Sukyi’s democracy movement.

Mr Bush also signed a new sanctions regime aimed at stopping gems including jade and rubies from entering the United State via third nations such as Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.

The so-called Tom Lantos Block Burmese jade Act will deprive its ruling junta of hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue.

The gems trade is one of the most lucrative sources of profit for the Junta, accused of blatant human rights abuses and stifling democratic opposition.

The bill also makes the generals and their families ineligible for visas to the United States and enhances existing financial sanctions against the regime.

It includes new reporting requirements that will provide greater transparency about the Junta in terms of financial holdings,information about countries that provide military aid to the regime,and background on Burma’s timber trade.

The US sanctions targeted two state-controlled conglomerates, the Union of Burma Economic Holdings Limited and the Burma Economic Corporation, which are both involved in the gem trade, banking and construction directly and through subsidiaries. AFP

A: Khun Sa was the first man to have been capable to produce the pure white heroin in Asia, the brand name of the product, Double Lions straddling on globe, printed in red colour on plastic-bag which is for a kilogramm. The best quality brand as he kept superb Chemists from Taiwan and Hong Kong. They were highly offered by Khun Sa when the SUA force built its Strongholds in Ma Hin Dek where Khun SA’s Army had recruited young soldiers as well as momentous military equipments.

Q: Did Wa and Gogang groups produce the pure heroin? and did their drug business involve in the Drug trafficking of Khun Sa?

A: The 2 groups currently (in 1980) could not be able to produce good quality of the Heroin. The only 2 things Goang Gang could do were Opium-trade and tonns of collective raw opium in their Go Gang State alone. The Wa group was also did the same but depended Way Xu Gong. Pink colour of Mitzu, No. 3 stage not yet No.4 heroin, was refined by the Go Gang and swiftly sent to Hong Kong to further refine the 3 into 4. Because it could not keep last-long. They were not involved the politics but were named as regional Defence Force by the Burmese Ruler.

Q: Did you know about the work of US. DEA and UN Drug Eradication Program in Burma?
A: We had never had any information of these Agencies. Because they were inactive. The film-makers said, “our ducumentary would be presented to our Australian Authorities to consider prevention of Drugs-flow into the country. Australian people who carried drugs into Penang and Singapore were given Capital Punishment. We had also known that Australia was being one of transitpoints between Vietnam and New York street.”

The Major replied that we knew one of Khun Sa trusted men called him as Ko Nyo who had been staying in Sydney.

Documentry film-makers from Australia risked their lives to go into jungle of the Shan land although there were some risks in every adventure.

They were keen to know about opium growth, opum trade, heroin refineries and who were controlling biggest heroin product-ion in the Shan State? etc.

They however wanted to know most was about Khun Sa and his army, Wa army, Go Gang group and
Nationalist groups revolted against the Burmese Government.

The interview made in evening and 2 hours long.

Major Koan Mong was responsible to answer the questions and said “I’m read to respond frankly to your questions, Go ahead please!”

Q: How your SSA army’s situation currently ?
A: The situation of the SSA was currently in crisis and it was to be considered.

Q: What had really happen to your army ?
A: Our leaders Col. Sam Mong, Divisional Commander, and Col. Pan Aung, Senior financier in the party had been disappeared since in August 1978 in Thai soil. We believed that they were dead. It’s the great lost and it’s also the main reason that the SSA had to be confronted with difficulties. The 2 men had been trusted and highly respected by their subordinates. In the previous days the SSA with 4,000 strengths had been the second strongest force among the revolutionary groups in Burma while the Karin KNDO was the largest Army and being the most revolutionist. We anyway would continue our political movement.

Q: We believed that currently Khun Sa’s Shan United Army holding with modern military equipments was the strongest.How did you think that?
A: Yes it’s sure,but he’s not the politician and his armed force had not been fighting against the Government forces basing through-out Shan State. He had been doing for his own rich which being large involved with heroin trade.

Q: Howmany refinery he had and howmany ton the refinery was capable to produce pure white heroin ,estimatedly, and where did the heroin go?
A: Not less than 5 refineris around the mountainous areas of Loimaw west of Salween river where raw opium was collected as Loimaw was his native place. Vast productive opium- field was also under his strict control. Besides, opium from others merchants and privade collectors in Tang Yan district sold their opium to him. Refined heroin, it’s depending on the demand, had to be stocked as one “massive demanded massive productive”. Escalating heroin activity, from the switch to a biannual harvest by poppy farmers in the Shan State to doubling of heroin addicts in the USA. Accompanies the growing influence of the triads. Throughout much of the 1980s the USA attempted to curb the supply of heroin by providing Burma with millions of US dollars for poppy fields eradication efforts.This had minimal effect, and the US suspended all aid to the Burmese Government because of its brutal supression of a nationwide Democracy movement. Since then, heroin on US street had become more abundant than ever before. That was after Khun Sa moved to Ma Hin Dek, on Thai border of Chieng Rai,1976. According to mutual interests, which had made between Burmese Junta and Khun Sa in April 1973,Khun Sa drew up the six years plan for the control and eradication of opium and opium related crops. It was doubted that the plan was created by the Burmese and the Warlord was urged to do. Khun Sa ,as the opium King, promised to corporate with internation community to fight against narcotic drugs and submitted his six years plan. This was rejected by the Carter Administration on July in the same year.

Q: Had you ever met the opium King before? We would like to know about his Drugs transportion route and his drug gangs abroad including Australia?
A: No,I had never seen him but we as the Political group always observed and detected any armed group active in the Shan State. Therefore we tracked down Khun Sa’s every step.

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Lo Shin Han had been under house-arrested in Rangoon and released after 2 years.

He endorsed not to be involved with politics, arms smuggled business and no connections with any rebellion force as well.

He must be in northern Shan State (included Go Gang State).

He was agreed to carry on his initial business such as ruby, Jade, liquor and imported goods from China.

Tonns of teak-logs are exported to China via Mu Se.

All his soldiers were regrouped and set up as the Go Gang Reginal Defence group, which has been a group of extraodinary strength in running business, as year and year extended its large profitable business.

More and more Chinese capitalists were called to be shareholders.

Lo Shin Han business group developed Mu Se small town, which is undeveloped although closed to China, to be modern city.

The group bougth large plots of land in downtown and on the main road to build commercial buildings, luxurious hotels,modern houses, golf-course, clubs, entertainments centers etc. For good transportation, the main road between Mu Se and Mandalay via La Sho, Hsipaw,
Kyauk Me Nong Cho and Pyin U Lwin.

The construction costed 300 US million dollar.

They also set gates in each town to collect wheel tax.

Besides, the old iron-bridges across river were rebuilt.

Tens of thousands tourist from Europe, America, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand visited Mu Se through China land almost whole-season.

The small City opposite Mu Se is called Jaecao where it ’s likely can get every thing.

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Wa chief Pao U Ho and Pao U Shan, the brothers, who in their young aged has been longtime in the Bumese Communist Party as armed troops commander, known as Red Wa Faction and attacked the Burmese soldiers frequently in the Shan State while the communists tried to penetrate into Burma plain via northern Shan Sate where the strong S.S.A force had been basing.

At that time the Communist leaders and the S.S.A had already agreed for joint-military operations against the Governmentis invasion.

About 1987, when the Communist defuncted, the Wa regroped and became the Reginal Defence Force strength about 1,400 troops under agreement of the Government.

But they rejected to surreder their arms because of not the political activists.

From that time on Wa had been able to expanded their opium-growth and porduced tonns of raw opium but did not have experience in refined heroin.

In 1980, Wa leaders met Wai Xu Gong, Wai Xu Lin and Wai Xu Yin, three are dubbed as “Wai Brothers” among the drug traffickers.

They fled Khun Sa’s MTA and joined the Wa through a middle man for the drug refinery, since then Wa youths are sent to Chinna to learn Chinese curriculum.

The youths have konwledge of Chinese traditional culture, civilizationas and well society.

They later became the businesesslike to work for the group.

Wai Xu Gong had been imprisoned in Bangkok charged him as drug trafficker, but he in luck managed to escape from the jail by his assistants.

Using a lot of money for the escape.

So that he dad been wanted among the Drug traffickers.

Pao U Shan has been also wanted.

Pao U Ho died of decease in August 2007.

Their permanent Headquartes is located in Pang Sang closed China border.

The top leaders in the Wa group speak Burmese, Shan and Chinese well.

Their partner Hoo ChoonTeing,also the drug mafia, was captured in Hong Kong last year.

The war on drug would nerver be broken again in the region of opium fields as the Burmese regiments are basing throughout the Shan State and have stopped stagging opium crackdowns and never taken action against major peddlers in their midst.

The Burmese special regiment is protecting Wai Xu Gang’s stockpiled million of methamphetamine pills in Doi Phoong hilltop linking to Tardon, Mae Ai boder of Fang district.

The Wai Brothers have vast lichee-orchard in Fang district.

Tin Guan Min was gunned down in a hotel in Kun Min City, China, and Sy Pao was shot dead in front of a hotel in Chieng Mai, Thailand, both are Wa tribes and Wai Xu Gong’s trusted drug agents.

They are believed to have been killed by Khun Sa’ gunmen about 3 or 4 years before the MTA surrendered in 2996.

Wa army is not an exceptionally disciplined but well equiped, and spirited self defense force that secures their borders from all invaders.

The solidarity of their free people insures their continued security.

They control their reginal and the drugs that pass trough it.

They can keep trafficking and elevate future growing.

To do it only requires resonable assistance and cooperation in economic dependency opium.

Their produced heroin were flown to Saigon for sale and export.

The heroin production was accelerated to help finance Wa Troops mercenary.

Worldwide drug supression could not be able to stop production and distribution of opium products.

Thai autorities had spent billions of dollars to stop solely white heroin in Thai territory.

The heroins in the Shan State and Afghanistan are preferablely transported to the New York, yet trafficking steadily escalated.

Yearly, between 800-900 tonns of raw opium are produced in Go Gang, Wa and Shan States.

The Burmese Ruler instead eagerly urges the qualified producers to produce best quality as the opium is called as “Burma’s tree money”.

And the Wa leaders have ever declared that Thailand alone could rapidly raise massive money by selling drug-pills (alias) methamphetamines produced 5 millions pills a day, no demands from other countries.

The Burmese is being able to collect massive money from the Wa as the concessionaries.

(Related storry will be continued)

Fa Lung alias Chang Shi Shwen and Khun Seng alias Ronal, closests aides of Khun Sa, are important persons in any case.

They have respectfully been working for the aim of the boss.

Fa Lung used to be the military advisor to Burmese Army commander in chief.

Both have to be successors to carry on the party’s business with massive financial ties to Singapore as Khun Sa had been Burma’s top investor.

Singapore is more than willing to share the drug lords.

Burmese and Singapore level work committee was formed in 1993 to increase mutual interests.

Gen. Khin Nyunt headed the Burmese committee.

Singapore’s investment in Burma is opening door for the drug dealers and giving them access to banks and financial system.

Attentions around the world currently focuse on Burma’s situation after being dead of warlord.

Khun Sa and Lo Sing Han were the key performers in the Burmese economy.

Both had been successful business men in Burma.

The Wa force not long after the MTA surrendered had moved to Mong Mai base to control boder area independenly.

Two rich Chineses, Lao Dai and Charle ,involed heroin trade and longtime Khun Sa’s trusted assistants were captured by US DEA in Mae Sai.

The two men left behind and continued to stay in Ta Ki Lek city had been taken to America.

This news bade Khun SA unhappy.

About two years after being surrendered arms Khun Sa and Khin Nyunt had oppotunity to be friends while there were many chanels for doing profitable business in Burma.

Khun Nuynt however had already made friends with the Wa group UWSA headed by Bao U Shan and Pao U Hua based in Bang Hsang near the Chinese border.

Khin Nyunt had been providing protection and facilities for this group.

He visited Bang Hsang by military helicopter once a year to collect money from the Wa who broke away from the Burmese Communist Party and made peace with Government through Khin Nyunt since 1989.

There fore, Wa had to be sided with Gen. Khin Nyunt.

Although Khun Sa and Wa are being the bitter enymies.

The General Khin Nyunt in the Military Government named a special intelligence service, which had disagreed by Gen. Than Shwe and Gen. Mong Aye, aiming for personal security.

His intelligence service harassed and scared the various nations throughout the country.

To do the personal business both set a man trusted by Khun Sa called him as “Ai Phar” half Shan-half Chinese, to work for them.

Ai Phar, American citizen, aged currenly about 50, long time living in Baltimal, Maryland U.S.A, had made drug business for Khun Sa since before surrendered.

He bears the paper signed by Gen. Khin Nyunt .The paper is to show the Burmese authorities when he entered Burma.

He is helping imported new cars and sold them in Rangoon.

Two sons of the General involved with the drug trafficking business were imprisoned while the father is under house arrest on charge of corrupsion.

The Wa group had to be strictly controlled by the Gen. Mong Aye.

Khin Nyunt as the Prime Minster of Burma is resposible for the imported construction materials costed 4,000 millions baht from Thailand during Tuksin’s Government.

The Burmese Junta had rejected to consider the 4,000 millions.