Wa told to move

Wa told to move "factories" away from the border

Several drug refineries along the Thai border had been ordered by Burmese authorities to relocate far from the borderline, said sources who visited the weekly market at BP-1, between Mongton and Chiangmai yesterday. 

One of them, owned by Takab, deputy commander of the Independent Brigade in Mongyawn (its commander is Wei Hsaitang, no relative to Wei Hsiaokang), was transferred from Piangkham in Mongyawn to 1½ km south of Hopang, Maeken Tract, 8 km east of Mongton. Mongton is 80 km north of BP-1, on 22 June. 

The 5 building refinery produces both heroin and speed pills and is guarded by a 150-strong security force, they said.