Wei and Khunsa

Wei and Khunsa - Partners Again

An unconfirmed report coming from the the border says Khun Sa and Wei Xuegang, formerly enemies, have agreed to become comrades both in arms and drugs again. 

The source said on Friday, (25 June), that Wei Xuegang, former subordinate then later bitter enemy of Khun Sa, went to visit Khun Sa in Rangoon in April to pay his respects and bury the hatchet. 

Wei has been reported to be having trouble with the United Wa State Army that he joined in 1989 after leaving Khun Sa in 1985. Although the cause of the trouble is not clear, he has already moved from his old headquarters in Mongyawn, where the UWSA took over, to the east near Tachilek in Bnhoong. 

Being wedged between the Americans who proclaimed a US $ 2 million for his capture and the UWSA that is increasingly becoming difficult for him to get along with, he finally decided to make peace with Khun Sa, said the source. 

In Rangoon, he met both Khun Sa and his former chief-of-staff, Chang hsu-chuan a.k.a. Falang. Although details were lacking, one of the results is that Wei and Zarm-hurng a.k.a. Chang Wei-kang, Khun Sa's second son, are reported to have set up a drug refinery in Monggarn between Tachilek and Mongsart, according to the source. 

Wei used to be Khun Sa's radio operator, later, his bankroller. They fell out with each other in 1985, resulting in the killings of at least three of Khun Sa's close associates, namely, Sai Parn (Khun Sa's cousin, Peter Yang and Sai Sarm a.k.a. Kao Minhai. Wei then joined Ai Xiaoxue, to for the Wa National Council that finally merged with the UWSA in 1989.