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Shan Herald Agency for News

2 December 1999

No: 12 - 2

Chinese and Kokang Flocking To the Thai Border

Wa, Chinese and Kokang settlers are coming to the border areas opposite =
Thailand in droves, said an informed source who recently returned from =
Kengtung, the capital of eastern Shan State.

"Altogether 15,000 settlers are due to arrive in Mongyawn and Mongmai  =
(formerly Banhoong) from the beginning of December to mid-December from =
the north", said the source who requested anonymity. "Some of them will  =
resettle in Mongtoom and Monggarn, opposite Ban Hintack, Mae Faluang =
District, Chiangrai Province".

Although 7,000 of them are registered as Kokang and the rest as Wa, the =
majority is believed to be Yunnanese Chinese, he said.

Another batch of 50,000 settlers is expected to travel to the area =
during  the next year.

It was reported earlier by S.H.A.N. that the Wa leadership in Pangsang =
had applied to the military government in Rangoon for the inclusion of =
Mongton  and Monghsat townships in the "Wa Autonomous Region". (Big =
Power Play in the Wa Region, 20 August 1999) "Another reason for the =
exodus", said the source, "is the UN's drug program in the Wa areas =
along the Chinese border. As it is becoming difficult for the people to =
grow poppies in the north, many have opted to move are moving out to =
friendlier areas".

The overall poppy cultivation, and output, therefore, would not change =
much, he added.

///END\\\
For further information, please contact S.H.A.N. at:
Shan Herald Agency for News.
P.O. Box. 15, Nonghoi P.O., 50007, Chiangmai, Thailand
Ph/Fax: (053) 807 121
e-mail: <shan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

S.H.A.N. is a non-profit making, independent Shan media group. It is not =

affiliated to any political or armed organization.


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