R U Serious? Burmese drugs baron mo

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Subject: R U Serious? Burmese drugs baron moves house

You got to be kidding, $20,000? The US offered 2 million dollars
for Khun Sa and you know who.... and in the drug trade, $20 000 just
might buy you tea on the way... who is serious now about drug lords?
ds


CCT wrote:
> 
> <center><bold>Burmese drugs baron moves house
> 
> </bold></center>        New border basenear Chiang Rai
> 
> Subin Khuenkaew
> 
>         New Burmese drug baron Wei Hsueh-kang, who replaced the notorious
Khun
> Sa when he retired, has moved his troops and his operation to a new
> location just across the border from Chiang Rai province, according to
> informed sources.
> 
>         Last Sunday, Wei moved his family from the township of Yawn about 40
> kilometres northward to Ban Hoong village, opposite Ban Therdthai village
> in Chiang Rai's Mae Fa Luang district, the sources said.
> 
>         His soldiers, known as battalion 361, followed him, with the last of
> them moving out of the old base yesterday.
> 
>         The deputy eastern commander of the United Wa State Army (UWSA),
Takap,
> who is also based in Yawn, confirmed the relocation yesterday. He said
> the UWSA was relieved by the move, because it now had sole charge of the
> township.
> 
>         Sources also said that Wei, or Prasit Cheewinnittipanya, 47, took
along
> with him about 500 children he was raising at his own kindergarten.
> 
>         Wei, who is wanted by US authorities which have offered a US$20,000
> reward for his arrest, is emerging as a powerful drug kingpin whose
> profile in the underworld is slowly overshadowing retired drug warlord
> Khun Sa.
> 
>         He largely controls the trade in drugs, particularly
amphetamines, along
> the Thai-Burmese border opposite Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong
> Son.
> 
>         Sources said the UWSA was preparing to welcome Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt,
the
> first secretary of the ruling State Peace and Development Council, in
> Yawn tomorrow.
> 
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