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Ordering contract killings, Khun Sa is responsible!
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.
Totally destruction of the Shan army in the Shan State before the downfall of Khun Sa in 1996 !
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.
War reminiscent of the bloody battles of three decades ago!
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.”
Khun Sa faces unexpected arrest by the Burmese ruler
Failure to establish permanent bases in the Shan territoy and Thai border areas, the KMT determined to inform Burmese leaders through courriers and contacts that foreign ruler would be overthrown by force of Khun Sa.
The Burmese believed it and invited Khun Sa.
Khun Sa arrived in Taunggyi on 17 October 1969 to attend a special meeting.
On October 20 he was arrested and sent him to Mandalay preson for 5 years in alone cell with no body to talk to, only acopy of the famous story of “Romance of the 3 Kingdoms”.
It was nevertheless worth it, he said, because he was able to make a thorough review of the Shan situation and formulate plans for the future plans for the future.
Meanwhile his troops had not been idle. Most of them, being timely alerted, swiftly joined hands with the Shan State Army (SSA) led by Commander in chief Gen. Soe Laen and Divisional Commander Col. Sam Mong.
This Shan army is realy Revolution against the Burmese Government for decades, but defuncted in 1989 (the full story of The SSA will be continued ).
Khun SA’s army then led by the able and loyal Gen.
Chang Shi Suan, “Fa Lung” his chief of staff.
It was he who received the daring plan to kidnap two Russian doctors working in Taunggyi, the City of the south Shan State, to hold as hostage in exchange for the return of their leader.
The Russians were abducted on 16 April 1973 in Taunggyi and held in the jungle.
They were freed in Thailand after diplomatic hurdles had been cleared away.
Khun Sa was released on 7 September following the year, but not allowed to involve political movment.
In Mandaly, he had acted as a ordinary people for more than a year under military authorities’s watchful.
He managed to escape on 7 Feb, 1976 and was able to rejoin his men. He based in Ma Hin Tak later that year and drew up the six year plan for the control and eradication of opium and opium related crops.
