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Lo Shin Han’s longevity in Burma - Part 1
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.
– To be continued –
WHAT KUN SA DID IN RANGOON, MYAN MAR (BURMA) DURING 10 YEARS PERIOD?
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
(related story will be continued)
