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The ex-war lord, however being the opium King Pin until his death, was warmly welcomed as a superb man by the Generals because of his thousands of military weapons cost millions of dollar were surrendered with peace.

So that he must be given a great concession for his further drug business and other trade-corporation up to occassional cause as he is being responsible for his subordinades.

Khun Sa provides cash payment to the Shan officials who yearslong work with him and give up politics.

Each received 10 milllion Burmese kyat from Khun Sa about 6-7 months later after the surrender.

The thousands of young boy who are to be fighters in the future returned home as nowhere to go, received nothing from Khun Sa except army uniforms left behind.

But many of them summoned by Yod Suk and Gun yod who made Khun Sa weaken.

“This is time for him to make a decision that makes peace with the Burmese, the downfall of his influence could not lead a peaceful existense anymore in the Shan State not only in boder. His military activity is apparently not against the Burmese, Shan Patriots who disobey their Chinese army commanders were assassinated and Khun Sa’armed troops commanded by the Chinese in frontline ignored the Burmese ruthlessly torture the innocent Shans wherever they made military operation in all seasons through out almost in southern and eastern state. Shans victims suffered from torture and lost their homes had to flee away. Such a danger conducted by the Burmese had never end during the Khun Sa’s 2 decades period of armed struggle to build his empire solely. The Shans hate Khun Sa’s selfishness and boring with his so called fighting for the Shan Freedom,” according to Major Koan Mong who visits Khun Sa in Rangoon after the surrender.

The Major had worked as Politician for long time in the party.

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There are four big groups being profitablely involved with the Drug Trafficking in the Shan State are (1) Go Gang group, (2) Khun Sa’s group, (3) Lao Gai group and (4) Wa group.

These groups’s leaders are strictedly ordered to provide annual tax to military Ruler.

Therefore the drug producers are freed from the seizure while making their drug shipments, from the opium-fields to the refineries bases, as well as the transmital of the pure white heroin to destinations out side the country.

Their outgrowing drugtrafficking business are being able to pay the annual tax.

Apart from the drug traficking, Gem, Jade, Teak wood, Hotel and textile factory and there are many import and export business.

They have been maintaining good relations with the Military Government and never against the Government’s policy.

The most important is to keep internal peace as well as to be helpful to protect the various dangers from the external.

The strategic map is shown the bases of heroin refineries which are consecutively controled.

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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.