Gandar Mount P.S.O

The Burmese Junta has been always declaring and revealing about the seizure of heroin, opium and methamphetamines and the traffickers, who are mostly retailers, in Burmese news papers and on TV.

The Military Junta’s anti-drugs operations is only focusing on the minor traffickers, some of whom dealing with low grade and small quantity and while others involved high-grade heroin as individual business and not the Drug Syndicate.

But the authorities have never seized huge amount and high-quality of heroins and opiums belonged to the Drug lords Lo Shin Han, Khun Sa’s group, Wai Xu Gang, Lao Kai group, Li Min Shin’S group, U Ai Tun and the Wa Army force.

These groups have been paying tax a lot to Junta government as well as apparently providing much money to high ranking officials included the Army Generals of Divisional commanders in the Shan State for personal use.

This is Drug policy of the longevity of Burmese Ruler.

For instance, according to the Burmese news paper published in “New Light of Myanmar”, the military authorities captured 308 people, 250 men and 58 women in 207 drug related cases.

Police Custom officials and the military seized 7.6 kg of heroin, 71.18 kg of opium, 0.7 kg of opium oil, 4.6 kg of low-grade opium and more than 220,000 stimulate tablets during in November alone as part of their crackdown on the narcotics trade.

Although crop substitution programmes for poor farmers would never be successful the regime has no expectancy to do it more.

Especially, Junta has claimed, the US DEA and UN office on drugs are interfering its internal affair.

Human rights abused in the country is on going as the political activists are imprisoned for their movement of the democracy some them sentenced to 20 years or 30 years etc.

All the politicians are blamed to have undermined the country’s security and its human rights record has become under scrutiny by the international community after the Junta cracked down on the street protests led by the country’s Buddhist monks.

Burma’s human rights record has gone from bad to worse including the conditions endured by Political prisoners.

Hundreds of political prisoner were removed from the original notorious Insein Jail and Mandalay jail and then separately transferred them to another jails in the provinces throughout the country such as the provinces of Ka Chin state, Shan state, Chin state, Arikan state, Mon state, Karen state and Karen Ni state etc. in order to severely sever contacts between the parents or relatives and prisoners.

The UN Officials are not be able to meet the political prisoners.

The Junta does not want to meet any UN Official and Red Cross.

Do not think that the Military regime seems keen to appear to be making some concessions to the human rights envoy.

Since the Red Cross stopped their prison visit because of government interference, conditions have deteriorated.

No proper medical care ,less food rations and no one to courier letters between them and their families.

This was part of the package provided by representatives of the International Committee for the Red Cross on their regular visit to the prisoners.

There are still more than 2,000 political prisoners languishing in the prisons.

The international community has been telling the Junta for more than 20 years to release political prisoners and stop human rights abused but without any appreciable success.

In earlier August, the latest visitor Tomos Ojea Quintana, the UN’s new human rights rapporteur for Burma, feels certain that the regime is ready to cooperate with him after five days-visiting to Rangoon where he met some political prisoners in Insein jail.

On his inaugural trip to Burma, political prisoners were his top priority.

But he failed to meet any real high-ranking officials of the government or military.

He also did not try to see Aung San Su Kyi, on the grounds this was an sensitive issue best avoided
on his first visit to Burma.

Mr Quintana plans to return to Burma in February 2009, to help prepare for his submission to UN Human rights Council next March.

He also thinks the Burmese regime is keen to be seen cooperating with the UN.

It may be unlikely to be successful and popular in the future and his next visit will mixture of good and bad experiences.

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The Shan State Army (SSA), which has been struggling for Shan Freedom as long as over 30 years, suffered from total lost by its miscount that providing assistances to Khun Sa and Lo Shin Han when they fled to SSA strongholds for temporarily shelter. (Following to stories of Khun Sa and Lo Shin Han)

Khun Sa and Lo Sin Han both of them were in anyway forced to tell the truth of the SSA’s strengths, arms, military equipments, etc and the strongholds’s whereabouts to the Burmese Junta.

The Burmese army had frequently launched out an attack the SSA’s longstanding strongholds and headquarters in the north and central State.

The strenth of 1500 with full arms from the strongholds and outposts seperatedly posed to attack the Burmese invaders.

Heavy fighting and Skirmish between the SSA rebells and the Gonernment had to be occurred when the Burmese military operations moved in on the SSA’s vast controlled areas.

The situation around the battle fields in north,south and central state had become quiet when the villagers fled to towns while some fled toThai border.

The villagers uncocerned with the politics had to be questioned and tortured by the Burmese soldiers.

Some villagers were died from gun shots during exanged fires.

Livestocks were also killed for foods.

Young women were raped.

Tens of thousands of houses left behind were burnt down.

This had been the burdensome for them.

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.”

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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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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He has been under good security by the Government authorities and not allowed to visit the Shan State and outskirt of Rangoon but allowed to do any business including Hotel, import, export and other legal business.

Khun Sa has been long time suffering from diabetes and blood pressure since in the jungle and used to be under medical treatment, therefore he has to be careful about his health.

He has to become the Business Guru in his partnerships Co. and it invests largely.

The Company named ASIA DA NA corporation which competes with ASIA WORLD co. belong to Lo Shin Han and Lo Shin Min (Go Gang Chinese and the brothers).

Lo Shin Han and Khun Sa had been the bitter rivals since in 1972 as the both tried to control strategic area around the northern Shan State.

Khun Sa abandoned the area later after moving to control vast area of Eastern until Thai Border due to Opium trafficking.

Khun Sa at that time disagreed any Chinese’s influence in the Shan State although Lo Shin Han’s armed force was named as defence force to protect the Burmese Communist aggression in the northern area between Goon Long district (closed the Chinese border) and La Shio district (the northern City).

Skirmish and heavy gun fightings had been frequently broke out be tween the both groups.

In 1972, British film producers Adrian Cowel and Chris were able to make a movie of heavy battles btween the opium groups in the jungle area of La Shio district.

The both withdrew armies when suffered serious casualty in 3 day fighting.

Adrian named the fighting as OPIUM WARLORDS and had already shown in 25 countries.

In Rangoon, Khun Sa and his collaborators are agreed to do drug business by the Governmernt

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