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Misfortune of the Shan State Army!
The Shan soldiers, in a dilema, had to make a decisive answer for their future after being no return of their leaders.
Synchronously, some returned to the strongholds in the northern Shan State while others joined the SURA (Shan United Revolution Army) headed by Moe Haing.
The news of brutal assasination of the three behaved by Fa Lung and Khun Sa had to be concealed as could as poosible to save their dignity.
The murder of the three might not satisfy the Burmese Military Ruler so that Khun Sa must carry on the killing.
The top leaders and high-ranking officers active in the SSA’s political wing and military-operation commanders were to be slain.
To carry out this assignment, Khun Sa needed more time to have a good chance for his gunmen who stand up to the enemy and are involed with gun-running as well.
Khun Sa had many chances to fatally shoot the SSA member one by one after the SSA was seperated into four groups.
(1) Group led by Col.Soe Tent made cease-fire with the Government, (2) Group headed by Col.Sam Mai joined Moe Haing’s SURA force, (3) Group of High-Ranking politicians included Sao Boon Dai, Sao Wai, Khun Jar Nu, Sao Seng Han and Soe Zung, all were not only highly educated from Rangoon University but also well talking in English, retired and stayed in Chiang Mai and, (4) Group being the armed soldiers under command of Col.Sai Lek continued armed struggle around Namp Kham and Mu Se aeras closed China border.
Another one, also important in the Shan Revolution Council and Commander in chief, was Sao Soe Leant, graduated in Political Science, with his wife and 5 children surrendered to the Government because of disappointed with disunity in the party as well as its influence had been diminished.
As the members in the Shan group were separated and staying in different places.
Therefore they were the target of shooting and coincidently the victims were negligent in assasination disposed by Khun Sa.
The consecutive assasination carried on in Chieng Mai as Shan leaders were shot down in different ocasions one by one.
The dead were Soe Zung, Sao Seng Han and Sao Boon Dai.
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