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Doi Hua Mae Kham - Thoet Thai
- Khun Sa Old Camp |
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พิพิธภัณฑ์ขุนส่า |
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Ban Pak Khun Sa |
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The Opium Warlord / Shan Freedom Fighter
Chronological
history
- Born 17 February 1934 in Loi Maw in the Mong Yai
State
- Named Zhang Qifu. Changed his name to Khun Sa.
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He had a Chinese father and a Shan mother
- Originally
trained as a soldier in the Kuomintang (KMT) Chinese Nationalist
Army, but broke way & formed his own militia
- Khun Sa
reigned in the Golden Triangle 1960s and 1970s
- 1963
operated freely at the head of his own militia of 10,000–20,000
men & claimed to be fighting for the independence of the Shan
people
- 1964 went to live in Hin Taek for a year
- 1967
lost the famous 1967 Opium War battle for the opium caravan at
Ban Khwan in Laos, opposite Chiang Saen.
- 1969 he was
arrested & imprisoned in Rangoon.
- 1973 his men abducted two
Russian doctors & exchanged them for Khun Sa’s release
- 1974
Khun Sa released from prison in Myanmar
- 1976 settled in Hin
Taek
- Khun Sa built schools, a hospital, water & electricity
supplies to help the villagers of Hin Taek
- 1978 Khun Sa
proposed a deal with the Carter government in the USA: to sell
it 500 tons of raw opium over a five-year period for $30
million. The deal was rejected.
- 1980 the Thai prime
minister, Prem Tinsulanonda, ordered the air force to bomb his
base but failed to remove him.
- 1982 the Thai army, led by
Gen. Chavalit Yongchaiyut, launched a large-scale assault with
800 Thai Border Patrol Police. The battle lasted three days &
only with air support were Khun Sa’s forces defeated. Killed in
the battle were 51 of Khun Sa’s men and 16 Thai soldiers.
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Khun Sa retreated to Myanmar.
- Set up a new camp in Burma;
first on Doi Larng near Fang, then at Homong on the Burmese side
of the border, north of Mae Hong Son.
- In 1996 he
surrendered to authorities in Myanmar and retired to Yangon.
- Hin Taek was renamed Thoed Thai
- Khun Sa died in Rangoon
Sunday, 28 October 2007. He is survived by three daughters and
five sons.
- There was a Memorial Service for Khun Sa in
Thoed Thai on 7th November 2007. |
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Chiang Rai |
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Mae Fa Luang |
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Thoet Thai |
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Historic |
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Donation |
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GPS : |
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20.24828 N |
99.663205 E |
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