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Ex-Khun Sa guerrillas kill 25 civil
- Subject: Ex-Khun Sa guerrillas kill 25 civil
- From: moe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 17:42:00
Subject: Ex-Khun Sa guerrillas kill 25 civilians in ambush
Ex-Khun Sa guerrillas kill 25 civilians in ambush
09:16 a.m. Jun 17, 1997
RANGOON, June 17 (Reuter) - Ten guerrillas of former opium warlord Khun Sa
killed 25 civilians and wounded another five late last week when they
ambushed a
civilian convoy in eastern Shan state, Burma's defence ministry said on
Tuesday.
The ministry said in a statement the guerrillas, former members of Khun
Sa's Mong
Tai Army, staged the ambush on June 13 near Tachileck, a major trading post
bordering Thailand.
No other details were immediately available. Khun Sa, an
ethnic Chinese Shan, led about 10,000 of his guerrillas and
civilian followers to surrender to the Burmese government in
January 1996 after decades of fighting for autonomy for the Shan
state.
Diplomats said Khun Sa, who once controlled vast areas of the opium-growing
Golden Triangle, was currently permitted to live in luxury in Rangoon.
The Golden Triangle covers border areas of Burma, Thailand and Laos.
^REUTER@