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By the late 1960s Khun Sa was one of the most important and powerful militia leaders in Shan state. He held an important pass in Loi Maw, restricting the movements of local communist rebels. During the period, while he was nominally supporting the Burmese government, he maintained contact with Kuomintang intelligence agents. [6]
Nov 5, 2007 · Nov. 5, 2007. BANGKOK, Nov. 2 — Khun Sa, the publicity-loving Golden Triangle drug lord who thrived in the region’s “kill or be killed” cauldron of ethnic rivalries and heroin-financed private...
Also known as Chang Chi-Fu or Sao Mong Kwan, Khun Sa was born in Loi Maw of Mongyai in eastern Myanmar Dubbed the "Opium King” of the Golden Triangle, he was also the leader of the Shan United Army and the Mong Tai Army. For a while he was based in Thailand.
Nov 8, 2007 · Khun Sa (Chang Chi-fu), master of the heroin trade, died on October 26th, aged 73. Nov 8th 2007 |. AP. PREPARATIONS for his surrender, on January 7th 1996, were something to see.
Oct 30, 2007 · One-time drug warlord Khun Sa, variously described as among the world's most wanted men and as a great liberation fighter, died Friday at the age of 74.
Oct 30, 2007 · BANGKOK, Oct. 30 — Khun Sa, the publicity-loving Golden Triangle drug lord who thrived in the region’s kill-or-be-killed cauldron of ethnic rivalries and heroin-financed private armies, has died at...
Sep 9, 2016 · In 1977, Khun Sa made the United States government an offer they could – and did – refuse. The Burmese drug lord put it to the Americans that if they really wanted to stop heroin from entering their borders then they should buy his entire opium supply.
