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He worked as the secretary to Khun Sa.  He was responsible for fiances and investments in different businesses.  He was also a heroin dealer for Khun Sa.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Pornsak Durongphibul, Royal Thai Police\u003cbr/\u003eYang's arrest is part of an ongoing joint Thai-U-S operation to counter the drugs trade and Yang will be handed over to the United States when Thai investigations are over.\u003cbr/\u003eU-S officials are overjoyed at the arrest of the man for whom they had offered a 2 (m) million dollar reward.\u003cbr/\u003eYang's arrest could lead to further detentions and is likely to unnerve the drug gang's chief Khun Sa who remains at large.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"He was a very important person in the Khun Sa organisation, which led to the indictment of numerous people. I think it is also important that the traffickers realise that even though this indictment was back in 1994, we together with the Royal Thai Police continued to look for him and arrested him and he will be extradited to the U-S. So I think it is important that the other traffickers know this.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: William Snipes, United States Drug Enforcement Administration\u003cbr/\u003eKhun Sa was once the biggest heroin trafficker in the Golden Triangle, the opium and heroin-producing region where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet.\u003cbr/\u003eMore than a dozen top members of Khun Sa's ring have now been arrested, and many have been extradited to stand trial in the United States. \u003cbr/\u003eKhun Sa himself, now retired from the main drug dealing scene, stays in Burma.\u003cbr/\u003eHe also has a 2 (m) million dollar reward on his head, but Myanmar's military government has declined to prosecute or extradite him.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever, Yang's arrest has given the United States Drug Enforcement Administration hope.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well at this point we do not have any access to him but the warrant for his arrest is still active and if we have information that he is in a position that we can arrest him, then yes, we will arrest him.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: William Snipes, United States Drug Enforcement Administration\u003cbr/\u003eNow that Yang is in custody, his testimony could be of use in bringing others to trial.\u003cbr/\u003eU-S officials believe Yang has \"detailed knowledge\" of the inner workings of Khun Sa's United Shan Army's drug trafficking activities, as well as of Khun Sa's personal financial activities and investments.\u003cbr/\u003eOver the years, more than a dozen top members of Khun Sa's ring have been arrested, with many extradited to stand trial in the United States and there has been a significant reduction in the amount of Southeast Asian heroin distributed in the United States. \u003cbr/\u003eBut Myanmar is still one of the world's biggest producers of heroin.\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough Khun Sa's United Shan Army surrendered in 1996, they were replaced by another army fighting similarly for independence for their ethnic group.\u003cbr/\u003eThe United Wa State Army are widely believed to be producers of huge amounts of heroin and amphetamines. \u003cbr/\u003eThe U-S has called them the largest group of armed drugs traffickers in the world. \u003cbr/\u003eThey are said to number 20-thousand.\u003cbr/\u003eBangkok, Thailand, January 10 2001 and FILE \u003cbr/\u003eBangkok, January 10, 2001\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various as Lao Tai, suspected major drugs trafficker, is brought into news conference\u003cbr/\u003e2. Lao Tai sits down\u003cbr/\u003e3. Various of Lao Tai as he sits, waiting\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Pornsak Durongphibul, Royal Thai Police\u003cbr/\u003e5. Various of Lao Tai, sitting\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) William Snipes, United States Drug Enforcement Administration\u003cbr/\u003eFILE - 1996 - Homong, Shan State, Myanmar\u003cbr/\u003e7. Various of drugs baron Khun Sa\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid shot Khun Sa's soldiers\u003cbr/\u003eBangkok, January 10 2001    \u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) William Snipes, United States Drug Enforcement Administration\u003cbr/\u003e10. Lao Tai is taken away\u003cbr/\u003e11. Lao Tai put in police van outside station\u003cbr/\u003eFILE - Jan 2000 - Shan State, Myanmar\u003cbr/\u003e12. 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