Chapter 3 drug dynasty

Thailand's land and air attacks on the star-studded border in the Thailand-Myanmar border made Mr. Kun Sha, the leader of an armed force hidden in the mountains and mountains, who had never been seen before, suddenly became a household name and became famous internationally.For more than ten days in a row, Thailand's mass media, including all Thai and Chinese newspapers and magazines, and daily TV special programs, revolved around him.The "Newsweek" published in the United States also had a long report, and the English "Asia Weekly" published in Hong Kong even featured Mr. Kun Sha on the cover.His distinctive appearance and the grand scene of him reviewing the "Shan State Revolutionary Army" in the attached picture left a deep impression on the readers.Compared with his predecessor, Mr. Luo Xinghan, Mr. Luo Xinghan seems to have a different temperament.I once saw a photo of Mr. Luo Xinghan. It was a very realistic shot. He was standing in a field, kind and docile, like an ordinary scholar.

To understand Mr. Kun Sha, one must first understand Mr. Luo Xinghan, the founder of the drug dynasty. Mr. Luo Xinghan was once called "General Opium" by Mr. Paul, a reporter from the American "Reader's Digest".In the era of Mr. Luo Xinghan (1960s and early 1970s), the "capital" of the "Golden Triangle" was not in Manxingdi, Thailand, but in Tachileik, Myanmar, which is across the bridge from the border town of Thailand. ? , far away from each other.He was born in Kokang Town, Myanmar; it is located in the east of Myanmar, bordering Zhenkang County, Yunnan Province, China, with loamy soil.In the 1950s, the lone army's important base was once there.When the lone army was fighting everywhere, Mr. Luo Xinghan was still a child of about ten years old. He followed the lone army, served as their baby soldiers, ran errands and delivered letters, and was favored by the officers and soldiers. It was taken, his Burmese name was originally Wei Meng.He didn't start to grow until the first retreat of the Solitary Army (the book describes it until then), and after the second retreat of the Solitary Army, the Burmese government army entered the Shan State area in eastern Myanmar and made a wrong decision, and he rose up .

This wrong decision was caused by the Burmese government's breach of trust.In 1947, the year before Burma seceded from Britain, the Burmese revolutionary leader, Mr. Ong San, held a meeting in Pannon to form a federation, attended by representatives of various ethnic groups, and signed a "Pannon Agreement".In order to appease the doubts and fears of all ethnic groups, the agreement stipulates that after ten years after the formation of the Union of Myanmar government, the states can remain in the federation or withdraw from the federation according to their wishes.After Myanmar's independence, the central government adopted centralized power. In order to eliminate the local consciousness of each state, it continuously deprived them of their special rights originally listed in the constitution.In 1957, when the ten-year period expired, some chieftains in Shan State (all of whom were hereditary chiefs conferred by the Ming and Qing dynasties of China) first demanded to secede, but the Burmese government refused.

They rose up and attacked government troops and police.In that smoggy area of ​​thousands of mountains, the Burmese government was devastated and overwhelmed.In 1962, Mr. Ni Win dissolved the parliament, overthrew the Burmese democratically elected government, and established what he called a "socialist military dictatorship."In order to cause an internal conflict in Shan State so that the fisherman could benefit from it, Mr. Ni Win, a self-confessed smart general, ordered the people of Shan State to organize armed forces as long as they were loyal to the central government to fight against the chieftains he could not control.

It was this wrong decision that led to the ever-increasing disasters to this day.Because in the Golden Triangle, only drug lords—opium dealers or opium bodyguards—have the strength (not only must they be rich, but they must also be desperadoes) to maintain this personal force. Mr. Luo Xinghan's name looks like a Chinese, because it was chosen for him by a lone Chinese army.But he is not Chinese, but only Chinese, he does not have Chinese nationality.At most, he can only be said to be a Burmese of Chinese descent, and his great-grandfather’s generation was registered in Myanmar.Like Mr. Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Western Han Dynasty in China, he was a smart and brave prodigal son. Apart from causing trouble, he had no other specialties that could comfort his parents. He was finally kicked out of the house by his father.However, the times were in his favour. Although he was not as lucky as Mr. Liu Bang to establish the Western Han regime, he established his drug dynasty in that barren border area with poor mountains and rivers and several times larger than Taiwan.In the beginning, he was only a small security bureau with more than a dozen people, specializing in guarding the roads of drug traffickers.Until one time, a batch of "black goods" fell into the hands of the Burmese government army. The Burmese government told him: "If you pledge allegiance to the government, the black goods can be returned, and you are allowed to use the legal name of the Self-Defense Force." The Burmese government did not Thinking of it, as long as it is beneficial to his survival, of course he will be loyal.

——From Mr. Luo Xinghan's fortune, it can be seen that drugs are not a simple legal case, but a political act.When a government or country tempts drug trafficking for political reasons, it is difficult to take a legal stand to ban drug trafficking. From this, Mr. Luo Xinghan upgraded and began to grow opium and extract heroin by himself, and evened out all the heroes to dominate the Golden Triangle.His drug trafficking pipeline, like a sharp knife, is inserted into the northern border of Thailand by Tachileik, and the biggest pass is through the border city of Thailand? .The American spies of the International Anti-drug Organization once boasted: "If you buy heroin in Tachileik and want to ship it to the world market, you have to go through our network first." This is really brazen, Gao Estimated own ability.Mr. Luo Xinghan's drug dynasty doesn't care about the net at all. His export route extends westward and southward along the Thai-Myanmar border. Has he always hated his mother?It is 900 kilometers away from Bangkok, which is too far away.He keeps opening up new shores, the first being Mian Hongsong.In the early 1970s, it was moved to Miso.His final project was the Three Buddhas (Jedi Shameng), the valley of death in the movie "The Bridge on the River Kwai", which is only 200 kilometers away from Bangkok.

However, "died before leaving the teacher", he did not die.It’s just that drug lords who are too famous rarely end well. First, the huge bounty from the anti-drug country is enough to shake the will of the drug lord’s henchmen. Second, they hide in the mountains for too long, and the closed environment is prone to inflated self-confidence.Mr. Luo Xinghan was arrested in Thailand soon, which caused a sensation in the world.But what caused the greatest sensation was his escape from a high-security prison. Rumors at the time were that powerful senior officials in Thailand were afraid to take him to court for fear that he would be brought out in a flash.However, the luck of this "opium general" was over. For unknown reasons, he went to Malaysia to inspect the business in person, and was arrested in Malaysia.That happened in 1974. He was deported back to Burma and is now spending his later years in a Burmese prison.

The fall of Mr. Luo Xinghan almost caused the drug dynasty to collapse.In the end, Mr. Kunsha, chieftain of the Danyanglaimo tribe in Shan State, took his place, cleaned up the mess, and revived his prestige.