September 06

This month News Collection.

Burmese opium kingpin switches to online gambling — by admin — last modified 2007-11-01 15:38

September 4, 2006: Sai Leun, the warlord of eastern Shan State in Burma’s Golden Triangle, has found a profitable substitute for the opium poppy crop that used to sustain his 5,000-square-kilometer principality. He fleeces Chinese gamblers. And since April he has been doing it online.