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Khun Sa and the Golden Triangle
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Khun Sa and the Golden Triangle
By: Fatima Parra
Khun Sa II
Khun Sa I
- Khun Sa was the leader of the Shan United Army before he fled to the border regions from Burma to Yunnan.
- Died October 26, 2007
- Born February 17, 1934
- After fleeing, Khun Sa formed his own army consisting of a few hundred men.
- In 1963, Khun Sa reformed into a Kan Kwe Ye local Militia becoming loyal to Gen Ne Win's Burmese Government.
- Also known as Chang Chi- Fu
- Khun Sa means Prince Prosperous
- Khun Sa, however stopped cooperating with the Burmese government and expanded his own personal army to 800 men.
- Khun Sa controlled 75% of the the drug trade in Myanmar.
The Golden Triangle
- Shan Warlord
- The Opim King
- Chinese and Shan ethnicity
- The Golden Triangle straddles the borders of Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand.
How does it affect us today?
- The Golden Triangle is one othe worlds largest heroine producer.
- Khun Sa's private armies are funded by the heroine production.
End of Khun Sa
- The Golden Triangle makes 75% of the worlds heroine.
- The Empire traded heroine for weapons.
- Imprisoned from 1969- 1974.
- In 1996, Khun Sa surrendered to Burmese officials.
- Khun was setenced to 15 years in prison.
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