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| Asian drug warlord dies in Burma | Asian drug warlord dies in Burma |
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| One of Asia's most notorious warlords, Khun Sa, has died in the Burmese city of Rangoon. | |
| He had reportedly been suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure. | He had reportedly been suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure. |
| After almost 30 years of guerrilla warfare against the Burmese government, largely funded by his drugs empire, Khun Sa signed a peace deal in 1996. | After almost 30 years of guerrilla warfare against the Burmese government, largely funded by his drugs empire, Khun Sa signed a peace deal in 1996. |
| He then retired to Rangoon, where he lived under the protection of the military rulers, despite the US offering $2m (£1m) for his capture. | He then retired to Rangoon, where he lived under the protection of the military rulers, despite the US offering $2m (£1m) for his capture. |
| He was once one of the world's most wanted men, with a vast drug-trafficking operation in the so-called Golden Triangle region, spanning the border of Thailand, Laos and Burma. | |
| With a private army numbering in the hundreds, he claimed to be fighting for independence for the Shan people - an ethnic minority group based mainly in Burma. | |
| His critics say his claims to be a freedom fighter were a ruse designed to give legitimacy to his drugs empire. | |
| Relatives and former colleagues of Khun Sa, who was in his mid-seventies, said he had died within the past week. The cause of death is still unknown. |