Bkk Post - B100,000 for two lists o

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Subject: Bkk Post - B100,000 for two lists of drug dealers

Bangkok Post - Aug 30, 1999.
B100,000 for two lists of drug dealers
Names of Thais said to be on the lists

Mae Hong Son

The anti-Rangoon Shan State Army has offered 100,000 baht to Burmese
soldiers for the return of two lists naming people involved in the drug
trade, including a number of Thai local leaders.

A source in Ho Mong, the former stronghold of Khun Sa's Mong Tai Army, said
the lists were seized by Burmese troops of the 525th Battalion in an attack
on an SSA stronghold in Doi Saeng area opposite Mae Hong Son's Pang Ma Pha
district on Aug 18.

The first list contained names of drug traders, including those in Thailand,
and the other named drug production plants which made a monthly payment to
the SSA.

The first list, in particular, if it got into the hands of Burmese
authorities, would affect the smuggling of drugs into Thailand and put those
on the list in trouble. The source said Col Yod Suek of the SSA had
contacted Col Maha Cha, a member of the administrative committee of Ho Mong,
to negotiate with the Burmese troops.