Who owns Loilang?

Ask the people

Written by S.H.A.N. Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:45

General / Thai-Burma Relations Burma has again demanded the return of a 32 sq-km strip of land lying between its Monghsat township and Thailands Mae Ai district, according to an ASTV Manager Online report on the township level meeting between the two sides held yesterday.

The Myanmar-Yodaya Relations (Basic Education High School level), the school textbook that came out 6 months after a major armed confrontation broke out in February 2001, and became a compulsory subject in all schools, claimed Burma Army units were posted there until 1988,when countrywide uprisings calling for democracy necessitated their presence in urban areas. It was then occupied by Mong Tai Army (MTA) led by Khun Sa until 1996, the year he surrendered. The area has been under Yodaya (a derogatory name for Thailand) forces since then, according to the book

Former MTA documents and living sources however say otherwise: - On 21 January 1982, Shanland United Army (SUA) commanded by Khun Sa was attacked and driven out of Thai territory by Thai forces - August, 1982, SUA forces drove out Communist Party of Burma (CPB) forces and captured Loilang (known as Doilang in Thai) - March, 1985, SUA joined forces with Tai Revolutionary Council / Tai Revolutionary Army (TRC / TRA) to become Shan State Restoration Council / Shan State Army (SSRC / SSA)

Two years later, the Thai army, during a hot pursuit campaign against drug trafficking, held talks with the SSA on the fate of Loilang. To make the story short, the SSA agreed to hand over the responsibility for the areas security to the Thai army, resulting in an 8 point signed agreement. The main point was:

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Who owns Loilang? Ask the people

Written by S.H.A.N. Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:45

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