2006

Images — by admin — last modified 2006-01-08 11:45

 

Khun Sa cronies nabbed — by admin — last modified 2006-01-08 11:49

Three of ex-druglord Khun Sa's associates have been arrested by Burmese authorities recently, according to sources on the border...

Arrested suspect in Shanghai traced to Khun Sa cronies — by admin — last modified 2006-02-23 05:12

Yang Ah-huang aka Kyi Win, who was arrested by Shanghai police on 5 January as reported by Shanghai Daily, 21 February, had been connected to former associates of ex-Mong Tai Army (MTA) leader Khun Sa, said sources in Tachilek...

Another Khun Sa crony on the run — by admin — last modified 2006-01-10 06:36

Military police and militia authorities in Tachilek yesterday raided the home of one of former warlord Khun Sa associates, report Pagasus and Crusader from the border...

Anti-drug officers torture suspect to death — by admin — last modified 2006-03-09 12:41

In Muse northern Shan State, Burmese anti-drug officers had tortured a civilian suspect to death, and refused the victim’s family to hold funeral, according to sources from the border...

The year the gods are kind — by admin — last modified 2006-02-20 06:56

One thing farmers and traders alike agree is that the ongoing 2005-2006 poppy season has been one for bumper crops in Shan State...

Wrong people promoted — by admin — last modified 2006-01-27 06:00

As the crackdown on drug suspects continues, 8 of the anti-drug officials have been promoted, a subject that has become the talk of the town among official circles in Tachilek, opposite Maesai...

Warring Ceasefire factions square it with each other — by admin — last modified 2006-03-02 03:41

The two warring factions of a PaO dominant ceasefire group has lately ceased hostilities against each other after an agreement was reached to share and share alike the drug revenue, report sources from the border...

Detained drug suspect hopes to be acquitted — by admin — last modified 2006-02-26 05:49

Sai Pan Mawng aka Chen Guantai who was detained on 27 December in Tachilek with a cache of arms and an undisclosed amount of drugs has a high chance of being "absolved from all his sins," according to Pegasus, S.H.A.N. correspondent on the border...

Passages to India — by admin — last modified 2006-04-02 05:55

India in many ways may be more advanced than the military-ruled Burma, but when it comes to drugs it is merely a pathetic recipient of refined products manufactured by its poorer neighbor from raw materials it is supplying, according insider sources coming from the India-Burma border...

Fields destroyed by ceasefire group — by admin — last modified 2006-03-08 07:58

A recent truce between two warring factions of the Shan Nationalities People's Liberation Organization (SNPLO), a ceasefire group, failed to save the poppy fields destroyed by one rival faction, according to new arrivals of migrants from southern Shan State...

SSA-South challenges drug involvement claim — by admin — last modified 2006-03-03 08:42

The Shan State Army-South of Col Yawdserk has rejected the 1 March US State Department report that it has drug refineries in areas under its control...

Biz hub moves to Mandalay — by admin — last modified 2006-03-31 05:16

Mandalay, Burma's second major city, has replaced Tachilek, opposite Maesai, as the new nerve center of the country's international drug trade, according to insider sources...

No more Wa exodus — by admin — last modified 2006-05-07 06:44

Last month's relocations of an estimated 2,000 - 4,000 Wa civilians could be regarded as the closing page of the mass migration to the Thai-Burma border, according to two high-level Wa sources who wish to remain anonymous...

Shan-Kayah border increases production — by admin — last modified 2006-05-12 06:59

Poppy cultivation along the border areas between Burma's Shan and Kayah states had sharply risen during the 2005-2006 season, according to a Karenni survey team returning to the Thai-Burma border following its second visit to the said areas...

Lin moves casinos out — by admin — last modified 2006-04-09 06:58

Lin Mingxian aka Sai Leun, leader of the Mongla ceasefire group, has recently ordered construction of new gaming houses 16 miles away from the Sino-Burma border as insisted by the Chinese authorities, according to sources in eastern Shan State...

Ceasefire leader to open new gaming houses — by admin — last modified 2006-04-28 05:23

Lin Mingxian aka Sai Leun, leader of the Mongla ceasefire group, is to preside over today's opening of 7 new casinos in Mongma, 143 miles from Maesai and 16 miles from the Chinese border, reports Tai Touch who arrived at the Thai border town yesterday...

Off season poppies in the south — by admin — last modified 2006-05-31 06:13

Migrant workers returning home to visit their families during the region's hottest month of April were surprised to find poppy fields along the slopes of their mountainous villages in southern Shan State, reports Hawkeye aka U Sein Kyi...

Life tough after Wa opium ban — by admin — last modified 2006-05-27 02:33

Almost a year following the zero production declaration during last year's World Anti-Drugs Day (26 June) by Wa supreme leader Bao Youxiang, thousands of ex-farmers in the Wa region of Shan State are facing...

Junta commander accused of drug involvement — by admin — last modified 2006-05-31 06:11

A deputy regional commander in Shan State has been charged of involvement in the drug trade by a former militia commander who has been on the run since 2 May...

From boom town to ghost town — by admin — last modified 2006-06-13 13:22

Nakawngmu, 24 miles south of Mongton and 29 miles north of the Chiangmai border, became a thriving town bustling...

More on drug massacre — by admin — last modified 2006-06-06 13:13

17 people had been killed during the mass killing that took place across Maehongson on 31 May, when the United Wa State Army's 171st Military Region troops...

Tax dodgers mowed down by Wa — by admin — last modified 2006-06-06 02:26

Some 20 traders were lined up and executed in a hail of gunfire by Wa troops under Wei Hsuehkang at noon on Wednesday (31 May), according to sources...

Drugs policy in Burma a failure: Palaung women — by admin — last modified 2006-06-10 06:00

Poisoned Flowers: The Impacts of Spiraling Drug Addiction on Palaung women in Burma, a 68-page report published today...

Bosses offer more to get the most — by admin — last modified 2006-06-07 13:27

Despite reports of a bumper crop in most of eastern and southern Shan State, prices have gone up in several areas as buyers scrambled over each other....

HandinGlove The Burma Army and the drug trade in Shan State — by admin — last modified 2006-09-17 08:10

In a way, this report starts off from where our last report Show Business: Rangoon's War on Drugs in Shan State(2003) left off. It describes the unimaginable extent of corruption in Burma, and the live-off-the-land policy of Burmese military units that has forced local authorities to turn a blind eye to drug activities. It also exposes how cultivation of opium poppies has increased, and gives insight into the production and trade of methamphetamines, better known as yaba in Thailand and yama in Shan State.

Wa vows to uphold drug-free stance — by admin — last modified 2006-07-05 09:16

A year after the United Wa State Army, dubbed by the United States as a terrorist organization with connections to drug trafficking, declared its territory drug free...

Mongla casinos closed again — by admin — last modified 2006-10-08 07:30

Gaming houses from Mongla that had been transferred to Wan Sieo, 16 miles away from the Sino-Burma border through Chinese pressure have been ordered to close again, according to sources from Kengtung.

Wa leader acquitted but still in jail — by admin — last modified 2006-10-26 02:34

The non-ceasefire Wa leader who was arrested in Thailand last year has been cleared by the court of drug charges but is still languishing in Chiangmai jail on another no less serious complaint, according to sources close to the family:

Pills smuggled by fowls — by admin — last modified 2006-11-01 11:53

Since September, a drug ring in Tachilek headed by a close associate of reputed druglord Wei Hsuehkang has been transferring methamphetamine from central Burma to the border using fighting cocks as a front, according to a well-informed source from eastern Shan State.

Noose tightens on Wa — by Sai Sai — last modified 2006-11-23 10:23

Panghsang, the Wa capital, has come under more pressure from Pyinmana when several of its members were arrested last week in Tachilek in connection with drug trafficking, according to sources from the border.

Golf balls hit home — by admin — last modified 2006-11-28 09:38

A pro-junta businessman in Kengtung succumbed after learning the arrest of his daughter who was involved in the failed attempt to smuggle out heroin stuffed in golf balls, SHAN correspondent Zerng Tai reports from the border:

Opium down, drug use up in the north — by admin — last modified 2006-11-30 06:40

Opium output in northern Shan State has decreased through it has done nothing to reduce the availability or use of drugs there, reports Hawkeye from the border:

Poppies good for buddies, bad for common folks — by admin — last modified 2006-12-02 09:37

A 4-day destruction campaign on poppy fields was launched by a 250-strong joint Wa-Burma Army force last week that had left fields under Wa protection strictly alone, report sources from Mongton, across Chaingmai.

Fallout in ex-Khun Sa army — by admin — last modified 2006-12-07 07:45

A heated dispute between officers of the former Mong Tai Army (MTA) of Khun Sa last night had led to a shootout which resulted in 3 deaths, according to sources from Maehongson.