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The BurmaNet News: July 16, 1999
Issue #1316

THE NATION: BURMESE REBELS SEIZE LAND 
15 July, 1999 

AFP 

MAE SOT- Burmese rebels yesterday claimed they had taken control of
territory around the former stronghold of drug tsar Khun Sa close to the
Thai border. 

The leader of the Shan State Army's (SSA) southern region said the rebels
took territory in fierce fighting with junta troops around the town of
Hmong just inside Burma. 

"The rebels are now in total control around Homong," Col Yawd Suk said at a
secret location on the border.

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The BurmaNet News: June 15, 1999
Issue #1293

AFP: BURMESE REBELS SEIZE LAND
15 June, 1999

MAE SOT- Burmese rebels yesterday claimed they had taken control of
territory
around the former stronghold of drug tsar Khun Sa close to the Thai border.

The leader of the Shan State Army's (SSA) southern region said the rebels
took
territory in fierce fighting with junta troops around the town of Hmong
just
inside Burma.

"The rebels are now in total control around Homong," Col Yawd Suk said at a
secret location on the border.