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The Muang Tai army was formed in 1985, through the merger of two nationalist paramilitary groups, SUA (Shan United Army) and the Moh Heng-faction of SURA Shan United Revolutionary Army. Both these groups, while nominally fighting for the independence of Shan from Burma, were also functioning as private armies of two warlords (Khun Sa and Moh Heng, respectively), both heavily involved in the drug trade. Ultimately the conflicts fought by the Muang Tai Army claimed thousands of lives. But eventually in 1996 Khun Sa and his army surrendered to the Burmese army.

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  • The Muang Tai army was formed in 1985, through the merger of two nationalist paramilitary groups, SUA (Shan United Army) and the Moh Heng-faction of SURA Shan United Revolutionary Army. Both these groups, while nominally fighting for the independence of Shan from Burma, were also functioning as private armies of two warlords (Khun Sa and Moh Heng, respectively), both heavily involved in the drug trade. Ultimately the conflicts fought by the Muang Tai Army claimed thousands of lives. But eventually in 1996 Khun Sa and his army surrendered to the Burmese army.
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  • The Muang Tai army was formed in 1985, through the merger of two nationalist paramilitary groups, SUA (Shan United Army) and the Moh Heng-faction of SURA Shan United Revolutionary Army. Both these groups, while nominally fighting for the independence of Shan from Burma, were also functioning as private armies of two warlords (Khun Sa and Moh Heng, respectively), both heavily involved in the drug trade. On 7 July 1995 a rebellion broke out in the Muang Tai Army, and 8,000 fighters under the command of Colonel Yod Kan and Dae Wain retreated into the village Hsipaw, where they built a new base. They called themselves the Shan State National Army, and the group intended to negotiate a ceasefire with the Myanmar military government. Khun Sa claimed that the source of the problems were that the soldiers did not wish to fight under a half Chinese leader. The rebels claimed that the drug profits go only to Khun Sa and the civilians suffered in the fight against the Myanmar military regime. The Mung Tai Army never recovered from this rebellion. Ultimately the conflicts fought by the Muang Tai Army claimed thousands of lives. But eventually in 1996 Khun Sa and his army surrendered to the Burmese army. Most of the MTA laid down their arms but around 3,000 formed the Shan United Revolutionary Army in the southwest region of Burma. According to the State Peace and Development Council, the terms of the surrender stipulated that in return for ending his insurgency and surrendering his weaponry, Khun Sa would be allowed to live under close government supervision in Rangoon, where he could engage indirectly, via third-party investors, in legitimate business—but not drug trafficking—and would not be prosecuted for his trafficking activities or extradited to the US. Khun Sa was not only pardoned by the Government of Myanmar but received the title "honoured elder" and was allowed to live out the remained of his life in Yangoon where he died in 2007.
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