Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Khun Sa across 4 places, from 1996 to 2007.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Khun Sa (17 February 1934 – 26 October 2007) was an ethnic Han drug lord and warlord.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Khun Sa is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Khun Sa was documented, and when
5 January 1996exact date
Rangoonattested“Khun Sa surrendered to the Burmese government on January 5, 1996, gave up control of his army, and moved to Rangoon with a large fortune and four young Shan mistresses.”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
26 October 2007exact date
Yangonattested“Khun Sa died on 26 October 2007 in Yangon at the age of 73.”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
November 2007month
Myanmarattested“Soon after he died, in November 2007, a memorial was held for Khun Sa in his former stronghold in Thailand, Thoed Thai, close to the Myanmar border.”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
November 2007month
Thailandattested“Soon after he died, in November 2007, a memorial was held for Khun Sa in his former stronghold in Thailand, Thoed Thai, close to the Myanmar border.”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
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Places Khun Sa is documented in
Myanmar1 presence · 2007
Rangoon1 presence · 1996
Thailand1 presence · 2007
Yangon1 presence · 2007
Other places tied to Khun Sa in the record
In each of these, a source puts Khun Sa and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Khun Sa was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1949year
Burmamentioned“He received no formal education but had military training as a soldier with Chinese Nationalist forces that had fled into Burma after the victory of Mao's Communists in 1949.”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
1949year
Yunnanmentioned“In the early 1950s he received some basic military training from the Kuomintang, which had fled into the border regions of Burma from Yunnan upon its defeat in the Chinese Civil War in 1949.”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
1967year
Shan Statementioned“He challenged the local dominance of the Kuomintang remnants in Shan State, but in 1967 he was decisively defeated in a battle involving both the Kuomintang and the Laotian army on the Thai–Burma–Laos border.”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
29 October 1969exact date
Heho Airportmentioned“He expressed interest, but details of the meeting were discovered by the Burmese army, and he was arrested On October 29, 1969, at Heho Airport in Taunggyi while returning from a business trip in Tachilek, near the Thai border.”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
29 October 1969exact date
Taunggyimentioned“He expressed interest, but details of the meeting were discovered by the Burmese army, and he was arrested On October 29, 1969, at Heho Airport in Taunggyi while returning from a business trip in Tachilek, near the Thai border.”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
29 October 1969exact date
Tachilekmentioned“He expressed interest, but details of the meeting were discovered by the Burmese army, and he was arrested On October 29, 1969, at Heho Airport in Taunggyi while returning from a business trip in Tachilek, near the Thai border.”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
1973year
Taunggyimentioned“A good leader must be able to take advantage of every change and utilize it.” After Khun Sa's arrest his militia unit dissolved, but his more loyal followers went underground, and in 1973 abducted two Soviet doctors from a hospital in Ta…”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
1974 to 1994period
Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)mentioned“During the next two decades, from 1974 to 1994, Khun Sa became the dominant opium warlord in the Golden Triangle.”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
1976year
Ban Hin Taekmentioned“After his release Khun Sa went underground, and in 1976 rejoined and reformed his forces in Ban Hin Taek, in northern Thailand, close to the border with Burma.”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
1976year
Australiamentioned“In 1976, Sydney businessman Andrew Lowe alleged under formal questioning by the Australian Bureau of Narcotics that he had been the translator for a meeting between Nugan Hand Bank co-founder Michael Jon Hand and Khun Sa, who had managed…”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
1976year
Hong Kongmentioned“In 1976, Sydney businessman Andrew Lowe alleged under formal questioning by the Australian Bureau of Narcotics that he had been the translator for a meeting between Nugan Hand Bank co-founder Michael Jon Hand and Khun Sa, who had managed…”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
1977year
Laosmentioned“American government workers, who visited Khun Sa's compound in 1977 to negotiate with him, believed that the Thai government tolerated his presence on Thailand's northwestern border in order for his army to serve as a buffer between them…”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
1981year
Thailandmentioned“After combined forces of the Thai military and remaining Kuomintang in Thailand defeated entrenched Communist rebels in Northwest Thailand in 1981, American officials began to pressure the Thai government to expel Khun Sa.”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
1984year
Chiang Maimentioned“In 1984 his forces bombed the fortified residence of his rival, Li Wenhuan, in Chiang Mai.”source: Wikipedia: Khun Sa
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