Gandar Mount P.S.O

STEVEN LO AND WIFE CECILIA NG

CECILIA NG

LO SHIN MIN                            GEN. KHIN NYUNT

CHINESE TEMPLE IN LASHIO

The Go Gang Force of drug running headed by Lo Shin Han and the Khun Sa’s drug trafficking force had been once engaged strongly in mid 1973.

The heavy fighting bursted out when the Khun Sa’ soldiers promptly ambushed the Go Gang armed troops of goods transportaion from the Thai border of Mae Hong Son.

About 50 horses, on back of which goods included textiles, shoes, clothes, electrical appliances and radio- cassettes are loaded, guarded by about 100 armed Go Gang Chineses tried to escape the stormed fires from battle field as they did not want to lose their belongings.

The strong exchanged fires spent almost 3 days in which Go Gang group suffered heavy casualities.

Ten horses with loaded goods left behind were seized by 800 strentgh of Khun Sa’s force, it was initially SUA (Shan United Army), differently basing around mountainous areas strategically under control by the strong Shan State Army (SSA), the real Nationalist group.

Khun Sa’s force headed by Fa Lung and Khun Seng fled to SSA’s area for shelter after being Khun Sa was arrested by the Burmese Ruler on 17 October 1969.

He was in jail for 6 years and outside jail under training of Burmese Military Intelligence Service for over a year.

He was later said to have signed an agreement of Mutual interests with the Burmese Junta.

After Khun Sa was released on 7 Februay 1976, his force was swiftly moved to Ma Hin Dek border of Chiang Rai in ordre to build the SUA Headquaters where Khun Sa was able to reinfoce his army and had become strong Army in a shot time.

Khun Sa’s armed force which attacks Go Gang defence force was angered Lo Shin Han.

The Go Gang Boss at that time confronting with serious crisis that the Burmese Govrnment had isued an urgent ordered to capture him and his family and to eradicate his opium trade with Ku Ming Tong and its Burmese Commnistally.

Therefore the way he could do is run away.He also fled to SSA.

British Documentry film-maker Adrian Cowel had apportunity to record the fightings.

Consequently, both drug lords, the long time bitter enemies, have become friends in Burma.

Gen.Khin Nyunt was the peace maker.

The General at that time was dubbed as TV star but said anti Gen.Moung Aye who prefers “the rebels must surrender, no talk for cease-fire to them.”

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.

In early January 1996 Khun Sa led his MTA army surrender to the Burmese after conntected Burmese Gen. Mong Aye, the second poweful in the Government after the Gen. Than Shwe, through Gen. Thein Sein who is trusted by Gen. Mong Aye and the right-hand man as well basing in Keng Tong, the Eastern Commander.

Khun Sa is informed to provide facility for security and safety by the Generals.

Tow or three days after the both sides negotiated on peace, Khun Sa, Fa Lung and Khun Seng, the top lerders of the MTA, were lifted by Military helicopter from the Ho Mong Headquarters and leaving for Rangoon.

Huge stockpile of military equipments and weapons were confiscated by the Burmese Army officials from the Eastern Command.

Hundreds of Burmese soldiers had spent for a week to check the situation of the Headquarters and the thousands of young Shan soldiers who were later sent to Taunggyi, the City of the Southern Shan State, for further negotiation.

But some of them mostly Chnese Haw and section commanders involved the drugs trafficking refused
to surrender and regrouped themselves into new group with well armed for further doing drugs business.

Also a large number of Shan nationalist-fighters commanded by Major Gun Yod is one group while another group is under leaderhip of Major Yod Suek refused to surrender their arms.

The armed gruop headed by Gun Yod is named as Shan State National Army (SSNA) and the other leading by Major Yud Suek later to be called the Shan United Revolution Army (SURA) continued further fightings against the Burmese invasion.

These breakaway Shan troops moved to the north by crossing Salween River to tie relationship with the other Natinalist groups as freedomly.

During marching to the north Shan State in late January 1996, the breakaway groups had been blocked and attacked by the Burmeses many times. The both sides suffered casualties.

(Worse Sitution in MTA Before the Surrender will be continued)

Fa Lung (Chang Shi Swen), the military in chief and powerful commander in the MTA.

Khun Seng is financial contrller and major management in drugs trading business while Khun Sa himself playing in Political role which is apparently illusive movement of the opium warlord.

All of these men are the ruthless.

There had been many internal management problems since the joined hands merged and the Shan army commanders of the TRA who against the Chinese’s leading unfair policy were fatally killed by gunshot. The killing mostly conducted in the fightings betwen TRA and Burmese, between Wa and TRA,between TRA and Lahu force.

The numerous balltles broke out across the south and east of the Shan State.

The kill behind motive is to root up the hero Shan fighters and real Nationalists struggling for the Freedom as to approve the good relationships between Burmese Government and Khun Sa.

The Shans have lost their lives with meaningless.

However, the drug business of Khun Sa is gainful as he had high aspirations.

In 1987 to 1993 opium production in the Shan State alone is 750 tonns annually and the region is responsible for roughly 50 tonns of heroin.

The whole-sale value of the drug would then be well over US 2 billion dollar.

Therefore, Khun Sa is able to collect well arms and thousands of ammunition and highly powerful equipments for military operation which have been stimulate him to extend influence along the Thai border linking to borders of Lao and China by built strong bases.

Khun Sa has achived his strong will and is smart to build his own empire with hardship of struggle.
But his wrong doing of killing the Shan comrades make him to lose his empire promptly when the patriotic Shan soldiers recuperate and resurrect their forces from the joit-force MTA after being the death of More Haing.

(MORE TO BE CONTINUED)