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The Burmese Communist led a group of 700 Wa soldier was only moving around the south and southeastern areas of Keng Tong District linking with the Wa state and China border.

The Wa soldiers were inactive because of inadequate foods as well as become discouraged.

The Shan villagers did not accept the Communists and disliked the Red Wa troops as they were ruthless-tribe.

The Communists spent about 2 years in the SSA strongholds but failed to move towards to central Burma due to Chinese’s initial plan that was the urgency of political inspiration.

In the long run, the Chinese terminated its annual support to the Communist and the Wa troops retreated to their original territory while the Burmese politburo returned to China soil.

The Burma Communist Party (BCP) was completely defunct in 1973.

Its former top politburo included Tha Khin Ba Thein Tin, Tha Khin Tin, Tha Khin Than Thun, Tha Kin Mya and Gen. Kyaw Zaw sought asylum in China.

The Shan mission headed by Col. Sam Mong visited Chinese autorities in Kunmin City to receive arms and military weapons.

Col. Sam Mong was most wanted by the Burmese Government as he was rumored as being the ShanCommunist and strongman in the SSA army.

He was also known as military planner as well as a good leading fighter in his position of Divisional Commander.

The Burmese Regiments from the regional commands launched a continuous series attack on SSA’s strongholds bases in the north and central areas.

SSA suffered heavy causuality in the series bombard by the enemy.

Burmese also suffered dead and wounded in close-range ambushed by Shan guerillas.

The guerillas made prompt attacks on the Burmese troops while on patrol at dawn and the army trucks loaded on the soldiers in jungle routes following a swift change of plans.

The Burmese’s attempt failed to capture Col. Sam Mong. Later on, the Burmese had contacted Khun Sa for the murder of Strong-man am Mong.

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The Shan State Army (SSA) in between 1967-1976 had been the strongest force among the rebellion groups such as Burmese Communist Party, Ka Chin, Ka Ren Ni, Pao,Pa -Long, La Hu, Ka Yarn, Arican, Chin, Nar Ga, Wa (not the red Wa joined the Burmese Communists) and Mon, all of which are longstanding fighting for the freedom.

But the SSA compare with Ka Ren force KNU was smaller.

The KNU’ strengths were about 6000 while the SSA has only 3000 soldiers with arms.

The foregoing KNU had more military experience in the longrun fightings with the Government military invasions.

The military strongholds of the Shans in the northern, southern areas and Central Shan State were steadfast,but leaved out the eastern because there were many Mafia-like terrorist forces involved drugs trade were active.

The SSA soldiers had been able to take away many military equipments including M 16 rifles by frequent assaulted on the Burmese outpost-camps.

The SSA had financial problem to buy arms.

Numerous fightings between the Burmese and Shans bursted out throughout the year as the Shan force was believed to have been the Shan Communists being backed by the Chinese.

Infact, the SSA did not accept the Communist System but accepted the Chinese’s aid.

The Chinese, in order to support the longstanding Shan Nationalists being fought for the freedom, provided 2000 arms included pistols and M 21 assault-rifles to the Shan army.

Before received the arms, the Shan learders visited China as respecting to invitation of the Chinese authorities.

They were warm welcomed.

Chinese made huge military weapons were also shown up as a knowledge for useful to battle.

The Chinese at that time had no good relations with the Burmese tried to recruit the Burmese Communisti’strength.

What the Chinese was that let the communist party stay in the SSA.

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.

The empire was since about three years ago built in Pyinmana districrt which is about 300 miles north of Rangoon.

The military Rulers named their empire as, in Burmese “Nay Pyi Taw”, to where all Ministeries are also moved and the Government staffs are also forced to live.

Any Government staff who rejects to live in the Nay Pyi Taw City would be imbeached.

Official visiting of Foreign country leaders received a warm welcome in this Nay Pyi Taw.

Armed Burmese soldiers are posed for 24 hours security around the new city.

To build the new city, the Drug lords including Lo Shin Han, Khun Sa , Wa and other drug groups under Junta’s control are forced to donate millions dollar.

Construction meterials costed 4,000 million baht, as the loan given by Thai, are imported from Thailand during Gen.Khin Nyunt was Prime Minister and Tuksin Government of Thai.

The meterials are to be used in new city.

Both Prime Ministers signed for the loan with interest.

The two prime ministers were ousted on a charge of corruption.

Tuksin’s corruption charge is believed involved with the loan.

Over 62, 000 billion baht belonged to Tuksin’s family in the Banks in Thailand is being halted by Thai authority of “Anti Corruption Commitee.”

Tuk Sin, during his 5 years regime ,had corrupted many Mega Projects in the country.

The Burmese Junta however still maintains good relations with him.

The drug lords are belived to have expanse of opium grow in the Shan State alone.

The opium growers are provided rice, dried food and cash payment in advance due to more demands of heroin traffickers from abroad.

The Chinese Drug lords are likely to understand that they are walking on the rpoe above crocodile farm.

As well as they are accused by the Burmese activists for the Democracy as annual providing the Junta’s military funds.

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.

Although Mr. Khun Sa died his two sons Sam Seng and Sam Huarn, both aged over 40, have to be carrying on their profiable busines which is under protection of the Burmese Junta. The 2 brothers have long time been working the business and have well experience since before the surrender.

Sam Huarn permanently stays in Tachilek opposite Mae Sai border while Sam Seng stays in Bangkok to keep contacts from America, Singapore and Australia.

After the Surrender, Sam Seng moved to America where his three sisters living as permanently.

Khun Sa and his close alliance, family - linked smugglers and importers who are members of Chinese Triads.

They operate solely with relatives and transact million-dollar deals on a whispered word or a nod.

Their livelihood depends on a steady supply of heroin’s raw meterial,which they purchase from other supplyers.

They process the raw-opium into first-grade heroin and take it to Bangkok, where they smuggle it on to international flights or load it into false-bottomed fishing boats bound for Hong Kong or Penang, Malaysia.

From there it’s shipped to the Pacific Islands and to the West Coast of the Uinited States.

The key figure in this process is Khun Sa, for he controlls the supply of opium.

Khun Sa is directly responsible for about one-thard of the heroin used by the drug addicts in the United States.

The U.S is primarily interested in Asian heroin.

Which is usually very pure and comparatively cheap and represents about 35 percent of the heroin that’s available in the States.

The flow of heroin from the Shan State had become doubled as Khun Sa was concessionaire of drug corporation.

He spent about 250 million US dollar for road construction Between Rangoon and Mandalay, about 800 miles distance,which is for good transportaion.

Air conditioned coachs imported from Singapore to run between the two cities.

When made a question to various nations inclued Indian, Chinese, Burmese, Shan and other ethnics living across the State as does Khun Sa love the Shans and his native Shan State following to his over stated about the revolution in the past? The answer is no! similar heart to heart criticism outbursted after the death of King lord.

He died on 28 Oct. 2007, long time suuffering from blood pressure and diabetic deceased.

During his over 2 decades of living in Rangoon, he had been failing to develop the remote areas of the poor families who need to have hospitals, schools, trasportation routes and other facilities for better living.

Thousands of Shan are confronting with economic-hardship and poverty, besides they are harassed by the Burmeses soldiers almost through out the state.

(The picture shown, FaLung’s last respect to Khun Sa)

The poor families should be given foods and the starved children must be saved.

He had done nothing for the Shans although having millions of US dollar in his hand.

He is trying to do mega projects for his associates only.

He had sold Shans down the river and forgotten his State.

The world remembers that what he used to say during his heyday in the jungle, that is “We take up arms because of our paople. And what do our people say? Every of them has been saying that they want back the country which was given to them by their forefather. The selfish Burmese have made us suffered for decades.Ignorance and poverty only makes us admire other people. I don’ t grow poppies and I don’t deal in drugs. I’m working for the freedom of my country.”

Khun Sa and his Chinese comrades become to have a very serious challange.

Although they do have the resolve and the confidence but no support and assistance of the Burmese except give in.

As it is difficult to make both ends meet, Khun SA has tried to call back the broke away 2 forces leaders Gun Yod and Yod Suek with special offer.

He repeatly called for the 2 commanders during in 1995 to be reunited but in vain.

This is in one hand, on the other hand is the Thai military is planning to attack his MTA army basing along the border areas.

In Mae Sai border,Thai has placed cannons which is aiming at MTA’s military outposts.

The Wa group UWNA which has already reinforced strength is marching to the west bank of Salween river to block KMTas the Shans have resisted Khun Sa.

Bao U Shang, the Wa tribe and leading the UWNA force, has joined hands with Wai Xio Gong in Drugs corporation.

Wai Xio Gong also controls about 300 militiamen to guard his heroin refinery bases in mountain range of Loi Larn and Moung Toan which are linked and opposite Fang border.

The Opium caravan between Fang border and Wa state has been attacked by MTA many times and the soldiers of both sides suffered dead and wounded.

The old-age Moe Haing died of diesease in mid 1995 (unknown date of his death) at his Mai Soong Headquarters has been suffering from depression and seriously stress for long time as his Shan patriotic fighters are under pressure of the Chinese army officers who obey the order of Fa Lung.

Moreover,he has been shocked when he was reported about the assassination of his men in frontlines.

But he has not been able to protect them even being the Chairman of the MTA.

He was given 5 million Bhat by Khun Sa, who needs Moe Haing and his senior politicians not to be involved with the MTA military affair, after being signed for the United Forces of the both sides.

Shortly after Moe Haing died, about 300 Shan soldiers under leadership of Maj Yod Suek brokeaway from the joined MTA Force and named his force as Shan United Revolution Army (SURA).

Maj Gun Yod called his force Shan State National Army (SSNA) as 300 Shan troops with full arms are under his command.

The 2 commanders built their bases in different areas and resurrected the prior intention that fighting for freedom.

The 2 Nationalists leaders as being the seperationists and never under the Chinesa commanders since the confederation have been trying to repulse the Chinese Haw army commando for drug-trafficking, who are doudted to have killed the Shan soldiers icluding captains (reported to be more than 100), and forcing them back to border to report their Bosses as the situation has changed.

There are about1,000 Chinese,some of them are sent to Taiwan for military training inorder to serve Khun Sa’s army and about 6,000 Shan troops originally basing in Mahindek borders with Chieng Rai to control drug business and to attack the KMT and the BCP but no aim for Shan autonomy.

Because of this, the Burmese army had never made any military raid in his border base.

The burmese instead raided the Karen Nibase in Mae Hong Son border and the strong base of Karin (KNUP) opposite Mae Sarieng border.

The both bases have decisively been attacked by the Burmese every dried season.

But Khun Sa’s Army has been attacked by the Thai army frequently as 40 times because of his notorious Opium-King.

He was accused to produce heroin and controlling the refinerry bases linking to the border ariea by Thai anti-drug officials.

Thailand is known as transit point of drug transportation to West.

Khun Sa resurges as to gain image of National Patriot, he joined Moe Haing.

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