On Patrol with the Shan State Army
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On Patrol with the Shan State Army


By Michael Black and Roland Fields/Loi Taileng, Southeastern Shan State JULY, 2006 - VOLUME 14 NO.7


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We are willing to testify.”

 

Yawd Serk believes the US’s Drug Enforcement Administration support of Burmese government anti-drugs initiatives to be counterproductive. “The generals are in bed with the biggest drug lords. So, supporting the SPDC in their war on drugs goes to further hurt the people.”

 

On the political front, Yawd Serk wants the international community to “understand the depth, complexity and significance of the plight of ethnic groups within Burma” and to “press the generals to grant autonomy to the ethnics.” Not only the Karen are suffering under brutal Burma Army repression, he points out—“The situation is similar in Shan State.  People are suffering and dying every day in our areas as well.”

 

Loi Taileng, at least, is a sanctuary of sorts. The comradeship, camaraderie and high morale are palpable. It’s clear that, 48 years after the appearance of Shan resistance to the regime, Yawd Serk and his Shan State Army-South are there to stay.



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