Wa going 50

Wa going 50:50 share with Burmese commander: Insider 

Drugs

Wei's brother implicated

According to a report by a trader across the border from Chiangmai on Tuesday (10 July), Wa and Burmese officials have concluded a new pact recently on joint drug undertakings. 

The agreement that was made on 4 June at the command post of IB (Infantry Battalion) 65 in Mongton stated that the Burmese and Wa would share the proceeds from their sales equally, said the insider. 

The meeting was attended by Lt.-Col Myint Sway, Commander, IB 65, "Hsaw Hsing", an ethnic Chinese who is wanted in Thailand on drug charges and Wei Hsao-ying a.k.a. Sophol Jandee, younger brother of Wei Hsiao-kang, both of whom are also wanted in Thailand and the United States. 

Wei Hsiao-ying has been in Hwe Aw, 20 miles north of Chiangmai province, for almost a year now, the source added. 

Also in the agreement was that Hsaw Hsing would be responsible for "finding buyers," Burmese troops for safe transport to the border and Wa troops for security at the border. 

"At present, the passage to Thailand is through Poongpakhem, 10 miles north of the border, to Namhukhun and Kangti," he said. "From Kangti, one can cross over into Thailand through Tham-ngob where there is a big Chinese community." 

Kangti is just south of Pakhee, where a fierce battle took place between the Shans and Burmese forces in late April, after the former claimed to have captured nearly 200,000 speed pills. 

Tham-ngob in Chaiprakarn District, Chiangmai province, 120 km north of Chiangmai, used to be the headquarters of the Kuomintang's Third Army commanded by Li Wenhuan who died on 6 December. 

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The latest transaction took place on 7 July, when 4 buyers from Tham-ngob and its neighboring Banmai Nongbua led by Jiahong (family name not known), 45, purchased 500,000 pills of "yaba" (methamphetamines) at 11 baht per pill. 

"He paid B. 300,000 in advance. The remainder would be settled on delivery at the border on 12 July, according to their agreement," said the unnamed source.