Who are the Kuomintang (KMT), and what was their role in the drug business?
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With defeat of the Chinese Nationalist forces in 1949, the Third and Fifth Armies of Chiang Kai-shek stationed in the remote southern province of Yunnan escaped over the mountainous frontier into Burma's Shan States. More than 6,000 of them remained together as the Kuomintang, a military entity, their numbers enlarged with indigenous tribesmen. In 1961 and 1969, U.S.-backed airlifts of KMT troops to Taiwan were the last official contacts between the KMT remnants on the mainland and Chiang Kai-shek's government, but unofficial ties remained strong. The remaining troops became known as the Chinese Irregular Forces (CIF). While the KMT had always dabbled in opium, opium now became the sole support of the CIF.
Khun Sa, leader of the Shan United Army and major opium trafficker, had military experience having served in the Kuomintang military
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