Gandar Mount P.S.O

Lo Shin Han and his business partners have been doing the drug businese under control of the Government in Burma for over 3 decades, since 1974, the Govenment of Ne Win, until today.

But he and his brother Lo Shin Min began to do their drug business in Go Gang State since about 1960 with freedom and without Burmese’s harassment.

Besides the drug trafficking, white and rediquors were also produced which widely distribued throughout the Shan State.

At that time he was offered to establish “Go Gang Defence Force” which inclded 300 strength of Go Gang Chinese only, to protect the rebel groups, the Shan State Army, the Burmese Communist and Ku Ming Tong (KMT) by the Ne Win Government.

Arms and military equipments were collected in Mae Sai.

Lo Shin Min set a drug distributed center in Ta Ki Lek opposite Mae Sai boder town.

Lo Sin Han’s Company at that time was able to refine opium into Mitsu (No.3 pink color) only not yet No.4 white heroin.

The Ku Ming Tong forces led by Gen.Lee 3rd Brigade commander and Gen.Doan 5th Brigade commander defeated by the communist in 1949, took sanctury in Shan State by the thousands.

By then, due to KMT’s promotion policy couple with Burmese economic mismanagement and secret encouragement, popy cultivation and opium trading had jumped on a shockingly rapid scale.

Lo Shin Han, as the opium trader,was secreatly cntacted by the KMT for opium trade.

The secret friendships between the Go Gang and the KMT (the KMT has already joined Burma Commnist and attacked Khun Sa’s army and the Burmese army as frequently) leaked out after yearslong.

In 1973, the Government proclaimed that Lo Shin Han was the traitor and must be given to dead-sentence.Lo Shin Han narrowly escaped and fled to the Shan State Army’s controlled area of Mong Yai township, northern Shan State, and asked for security.

All of his folowers scatteringly fled to the jungle with arms.

Arrival of Lo Shin Han was coincident with making Documentry of Shan’s revolutionary movement by Britishs AdrianCowel and Chris, the Britishs.

Lo Shin Han’s plan was to stay in Thailan so that he asked the SSA leader to send him to Thai border.

In return,he provides financial assistance to SSA.

Lo had met Shan leaders including Soe Leant, Commander in Chief, Buan Tai, Chairman and Col.Sam Mong, Divisional commander in the area.

Shan leaders agreed to Lo’s wish and set a security troops for a week long by on foot to the border.

But before reaching Mae Hong Son boder, in Mong Mai area, the Thai Border Police force promptly captured him and despatched to Bangkok and later repatriated to Rangoon.

Thai and Burmese had signed agreement that repatriation of criminals.

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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.

(related story will be continued)

The people of the Shan State are its legal owners. Representing them, I have ceaselessly offered to cooporate with you but you have repeatedly shut your eyes ears to my offer. The real calprits, e.g. the KMT remnants, are well protected by you. You don’t have the guts to offend the Goverments of independent countries that grow and deal in drugs. But your courage is truly outstanding when it comes to us people who have lost our humanrights. On the one hand, you have hired the force to attack us forty times during which lives and property were lost but that meant nothing to you. One noteworthy fact which came out of these numerous assaults was no drugs had ever been seized. On the other hand, you have hired Burmese to continue their occupation campaigns against the Shan people. You also gave them dangerous herbicides to spray on our people. You, your self are the one who’s affraid of the end of opium. You, yourself, are the one who has betrayed your own nation. You, yourself, are the one who has made your people suffer for so long. People got fed up with the CIA’ smeddling after the Vietnam War and it had to be taken to the back row to replace it, the DEA was created Like its predecessor, the CIA wherever the DEA goes, American politics follows. It grabs Bangok ’s hair with one hand and Rangoon’ s with the other,and meddles in their internal affairs. In the end, it’s the DEA itself that has been responsible for the Asian drugs in America.

You have to revise your drug policy. If you don’t, more popies will be grown, more addict to it will arrive on the scene. By and by you will find difficulty in your country. In Asia itself, there will be more turmoil and instability. Stop telling that our fate rests with you. That kind of arrogance brought you defeat and shame in Vietnam. Stop behaving as if you are the only one that matters in this world. It is because of you that the freedom of the Shan people has been delayed - so has the freedom of the world from Shan State opium.