Hunted Shan mafia members speak Hunted Shan mafia members speak Interviewed by SHAN this morning, sources close to the armed gang led by Naw Kham, who is still at large despite a joint 4 nation crackdown in the infamous Golden Triangle area, denied most of the claims reported since 18 February when a Chine 室內裝潢se cargo boat was said to have been shot up by the group. By SHAN4 March 2009 The following are excerpts of the telephone interviews conducted with 3 sources in Chiangrai: What happened on 18 February 2009 It wasn’t them who fired upon 有巢氏房屋 the Chinese boats. Even some Laotian officials acknowledge that it was the Burma Army patrol that had fired the gun (an M79 grenade launcher, according to reports) Results of the crackdown About 5 of them were killed when they were making their escapes. Two l 花蓮民宿ocal supporters were arrested. 6 assorted weapons were seized. As for the rest including Naw Kham, they are all out of Tachilek-Mong Phong area (where the action against them is). There weren’t any clashes between the group and the 屏東房屋 Burma Army. Nor with the Laotian forces. One Lahu woman, mistaken as Naw Kham’s minor wife, was rumored to have been killed. In fact, she was merely a farmer who was shot and thrown into the Mekong by a Burma Army patrol. At least 2 Burma Army 商務中心 men were killed and 1 wounded when they raided Naw Kham’s abandoned camp and accidentally activated the booby traps. Naw Kham’s whereabouts He’s certainly not in Wiang Haeng (Thai border town 143 km northwest of Chiangmai and some 300 km southwest from Tachilek). He has no connections there. Neither i 小型辦公室s he in Ban Hintaek (where he used to be active during Khun Sa’s prime). That will make it too easy for Thai authorities to catch him. But we can’t tell you where he is now, because we don’t know. Losses sustained Heroin, yaba and cash seized, except for the B 1 million ($ 28,000) at a monastery, had nothing to do wi 辦公室出租th Naw Kham and his men. They belonged to other businessmen. As for the B 1 million said to have been seized, it was a donation to the temple. Present situation It has been quiet since 26 February. All those connected to Naw Kham, except those taken into custody, have escaped. But the Burma Army is still looking for them along the (western 買屋) bank of the Mekong around Mong Phong. Maj-Gen Kyaw Phyoe, Commander of the Burma Army’s Kengtung based Triangle Region Command, has accused the Shan State Army (SSA) South of assisting Naw Kham, reported Irrawaddy yesterday. The SSA has in turn accused the local Burma Army units of assisting Naw Kham by chasing out its (SSA’s) troops. Naw Kham, a 房地產 former officer in the late Khun Sa’s Mong Tai Army (MTA), surrendered with his boss to become a militia leader in Tachilek in 1996. Ten years later, he went underground, following a raid that resulted in seizure of a large amount of arms and drugs. He has since been running a protection racket in the Golden Triangle area, where Burma’s Shan State, Laos and Thailand 永慶房屋meet. .
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