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29 July 1999 

Junta Officials Mourns for the killing of a Chinese Mafioso

According to the people in the northern border town of Shan State, the local
SPDC officials are going through on undeclared mourning for the killing of a
well known Chinese businessman. 

The people of Muse, a booming a northern town opposite Ruili (Moengmao in
Shan)
of Yunan, the local junta there were hit hard by the death of He Lao-yang, an
immigrant Chinese entrepreneur, on 21 July. His body was found in a village on
the Ruili - Yinzhang highway, riddled with bullet holes and knife wounds. 

Speculations among the populace are that either he was liquidated by his
ex-partners who felt betrayed by him or elements from the Chinese police who
knew his criminal activities but did not have concrete evidence to arrest
him. 

"He was intimate with other notorious personalities in the area", said one
source. "Like Peng Jia-sheng, Lo Hsing-han and Yang Mao-liang. In fact, Lo and
Peng are reported to have shares in his Peacock cigarette factory and Yahtaik
travel agency". 

"He was the man whom the local authorities approached with their problems,
both
personal and official", another said. "And he was never heard to disappointed
them". 

His funeral on 25 July was a big affair. Itwas attended by Maj. An Maw,
Chairman of the Muse Township Peace and Development Committee and officials
from various governmental departments. 

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