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Myanmar has accused the Thais of helping ethnic and other rebel groups, including opium warlord Khun Sa.
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Thai intelligence officials call the Riverside Club "Khun Sa's casino" and say partners include a Burmese army official.
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Khun Sa had most impressive international contacts in Thailand, Yunnan, Macao, and the murkier docks of Hong Kong and Singapore.
ECONOMIST: Khun Sa
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The ceremonial surrender of 1996 gave Khun Sa government protection and a promise that he would not be extradited.
ECONOMIST: Khun Sa
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Khun Sa had always said that there were plenty more like him.
ECONOMIST: Khun Sa
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Khun Sa isn't the only drug dealer with a gambling den.
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On the Burmese bank, a few meters from the wading smugglers is the Riverside Club, owned by Tong Jo, son of Khun Sa, the opium warlord who surrendered to the Burmese in 1996 but now lives comfortably in Rangoon.
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But to the international media, the participants can say what they want, about how Yangon's counter-narcotics efforts fall short, how allegedly retired drug lords like Khun Sa and Lo Hsing-han go unpunished, and how drug money courses through the economy.
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