JPRS ID: 10353 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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25 February 1932
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NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
CFOUO 10/82)
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JPRS L/10353
25 February 1982
WORLDWIDE REPORT
~IARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO l0/82)
CONTENTS
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Undercover Work Brin~s Five to Court on Cocaine Charge
(THE COURIF~ ~MAIL, 8 Dec 81) 1
Police Official Urges OK for Phone Tapping in Drug Cases
(Bill Birnbauer; THE AGE, 9 Dec Al) 2
Briefs
Maxijuana Crop Burning 3
Po'_iceman on Heroin Charge 3
NSW Drug Statiatics 3
Qantas Steward Remanded in London 4
Drug Commission to NZ ~
BURMl1
Briefs
Opium on Lashio Train 5
Moulmein Drug Suppression 5
INDIA
Briefs
Opium Smuggler Arrested 6
PAKISTAN
Minister Calls for Global Action
(MORNING NEWS, 4 Feb 8Z) 7
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Editorial Expresses Concern Over Heroin Addiction
(Editorial; MORNING NEWS, 25 Jan 92) 8
Briefs
Heroin Seized 9
Opium, Heroin Seized 9
PHILIPPINES
Briefs
Drug Abuse 'Not Alarming' 10
THAILAND
Corrections Official Comments on U.S. Prisoner Swap
(POST, 25 Jan 82) 11
Thai Governor Lauds U.S. DEA, Urges Foreign Aid
(Sophon Ongkara; NATION REVIEW, 14 Jan 82) 13
Editorial Calls Raid Related to National Security
(Editorial; POST, 31 Jan 82) 15
'VOFA' Commentary Ca.lls 'BBC' Report on Drug Operation 'Regrettable'
(Voice of ~ee Asia, 1 Feb 82) 18
Thai Paper Welcomes Burmese Move Agair.st Khun Sa' s Shans
(Editorial; NATION REVIEW, 29 Jan 82) 20
Bangkok 'Nation Review'on Khun Sa's Challenge to Sovereignty
(Editoria.l; NATION REVIEW, 26 J~.n 82) 22
, Thai Group Pursues Drug Leader Khun Sa
. (Post, 11 Jan 81) 24
'THAI RAT' Column Scores Government Inaction Against Khun Sa
, (Wai Tathip; THAI FAT, 25 Jan 82) 26
Thai Paper on Anti-Drug Drive Against Khun Sa
(Editorial; MATICHON, 28 Jan 82) 28
' Poppy Eradi.cation Prugram Progresses in Sever~ Villages
(NATION REVIEW, 11 Jan 82) 30
Pre~r~ Directs NSC To Help Wipe Out Opium Growing
- ~POST, 1~+ Jan 82) 32
Bri efs
Heroin Smuggler Jailed 3~+
Drug Trafficker, Opium Seized 34
_ Morphine ;eized ir. North-Central Province--Kamphaer,gphet 35
Heroin Seizu~~e at Airport 35
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Chiang Mai Poppy Fie'lds Destroyed 35
'Ma~or Drug Ring' Sought 35
Ties Between Kraingsak, Fgiun Sa 36
Hashish Plantations Raids 36
LATIN AMERICA
BAH~S
~ Briefs
Mari~uana Arrests 37
BARBADOS
- Briefs
Call for Drug S ~uc~ 38
COLOMBIA
Briefs
Cuba Holds Ships, Crewmen 39
Mariruana Shipments Confiscated 39
Marihuana Shipment Confiscated 40
Paris-Bovn d Marihuana Confiscated 40
JAMAICA
Two Thai Nationals Sentenced in Heroin Smuggling Case
(THE DAILY GLEANER, 22 Jan 82) 41
MIXICO
Police Inspector Found Protecting ~iraffickers
(EL DIARIO DE NUEVO I~ARF;llO, 7 Jan 82; EL MANANA, 9 Jan 82) 42
Accused Official Recaptured
Jail Order Issued
International Amphetamine 'rrafficking Ring Discovered
= (EL BRAVO, 19, 20 Jan 82)
Pills Seized, Officials Implicated
- Traffickers Held for Trial
Judicial Police Captare Heroin Trafficker
(EL DIARIO DE PIEDRAS NEGRA,S, 9 Jan 82) 46
Briefs
Marihuana Traffickers in Custod,y ~7
' Increase in Young Addicts 47
Ar~y Antidrug Assist~,nce ~+7
Antidrug Cooperation in Sonora 48
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Dru~s, Guns Seized, 79 Arrested in Nati~nwide Raids
(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN, 23 Jan 821 49
NEAR EAST AND NORTH ~'~FRICA
AFGHANISi'_4N
Briefs
533-KG opium Haul 50
2,122-KG Opium Haul 50
EGYPT
Drug-Control Agencies Intensif~ Efforts To Control Drug Inflow
(Muhemmad Shakir; AKHBAR AL-YAWM, 31 Oct & 7 Nov 81) 51
IRAN
Opiurri Worry Beads Found on Smuggler
(KEYHAN, 25 Jan 82) 62
Briefs
_ Drug Discovery 63
Opium Seizure in Shiraz 63
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
GHANA
Br9.efs
Marihuana Seized UI~
SOUTH AFKICA
B~~iefs
Mandrax Trial Postponed 65
WEST EUROPE
DENMARI4
_ Scotland Yard Cooperates in Arrest of Hashish Smugglers
(Anders Wiig; BERLINGSKE TiDIIVDE, 29 Jan 82) 66
Briefs
Sold ~+0,000 Morphine Tables 69
FINLAND
Briefs
Northern Finland Narcotics Overview 70
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FRANCE
Police Crack International Drug Netrrork
(AFP, 11+ Feb 82) 71
SW~'DIIJ
Paper Lauds New Law on Forced Treatment of Drug Users
(Fditorial; DAGEE[~11S NYHETER, 16 Dec 81) 72
Bri~: _
Dogs Against Prison Narcotics 75
UNITED KINGDOM
Interpol Arrests Two Nigerians on H~np Charge
(Alaye Gbenoba; NEW NIGERIAN, 15 Jan 82) 76
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AUSTRALIA
i1NDERCOVER WORK BRiNGS FIVE TO COURT ON COCAINE CHARGE
Brisbane THE COURIE?t-MAIL in English 8 Dec 81 p 13
(Text] gYDNEY.-- A Queen~lnnd ut~de?~,Orer detoct;ve~ ~et up b dearl to buy
~200,000 worth of pure cocaine at two Sydn~y hotel:, Central Court was
told yesterday.
'.Che detec[1ve recorded A COII- dCRI W~as 5200,009. Teata on tlie
cersacion with one of the sup- drug irai~~c~a i~ ~~~as 100 percent
pure, the,~ourt h@ard.
pliers whicli ui~plicated htm in
che deaUng, 16 was alleged. ' ? r' ~Ir. We~ter rtPUsed bafl.for both
i met~�pf~fl they wete remantt~l un-
:lpneari~g before h~Ir IS. t9aAer,j til Mq~day.
SM, were David Lewis Oluft, 38. a' 1~'~ ' �
taxi dricer, of Wo613ahrs, a~iQ T~'ce otfier mea, alleg~ily in-
Ster�en Douuis, 40, a cleaner, o~, volved ~n kl~e. matter, Blso ap-
R a n d w i c k. Tliey were Hoth Peared in thA' court. Robdtt Van
cliar;ed that oii Sundwy, at Ar- JoeeDh Miller. 29, en artist, wes
ncliffe, they possessed and sup- chatged with having aupplled co-
calne at Potts Point on October
plied cocaine. Cluff also a'as � ag, 8~1d Josepl~ Drzola, 31, a Ia-
charged aitii having supplted co- � b o r e r, of Queensland, . waa
calne at PoLts Polnt on Oetober cliarged aith having posse8ded
lg, 548:33 reasortab;p suspected ot
hacin; been stolen or unlawfully
THe police pro6eeutor, Bgt obteiaurt on 8w~dc~y at ~Vool-
Brian Ro�~e, ssid the und2rcover lalira.
detecti~~e inet Uuunis in Queens-;
land, and wKa told Cluif could~ A flfth man. ~ Wwyne Albert
aup~~ly I1rRe qu:~ntlcles ot co-' c3roves, ~?e, sclf-empluyad, of
cu:ne. Duiinis tl~en su?~plied ti~e Suuth Melbourne, was char6ed
de~octive with a snui~ile ot the wlth huaing supplted and poti-
~rug. senaed cocuine ycsterdey at Wool-
~ lahra.
Sot Ro��e snid the detectfve,
t.rsecllecl to 9yclncy~ on October 28 Sgi $o~ee saId poUce ruided a~
~uid niet Cluff at tlie Res Hole+, flat at Quemyi~'StreeC Wooilahra,
I{ings Crosz, and ~vas supplied ,Yest@rday'hto~ing and took pos-
~cl~h one and a half ounces of co- ,sessfon of "cxalne believed to
calne Por 55700. After turther ne= have a total 'value ot 860,000. He
trottaWons, Dounis urid.CluiY wen~ 9a1~ Groves came from Mel-
to the Arncliffe Hotel. bourne to buv the divg.
' Sgt Rowe said botii defendkrits Mr ~Vsller refu8ed b2tl t0f`
arranged to supply half a kilo-~ (3ror�es and NIiller. und tliey were
~ram of cocefne to the det~eCtlre~ remanded untit Monday. Drzola
for $85,000. He said thE street ~�al- ~~as granted 3500 bait and was re-
ue of the drugs in~ olved in the mancled wrtil December 21.
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POLICE OFFICIAL URGES OK FOR PHONE TAPFING IN DRUG CASES
Melbourne THE AGE in English 9 Dec 81 p 3
[Article by Bill Birnbauer]
[Text] Te~lephone buggirrg s'huuld be criminals are exploiting the defi-
all~we~d in ~investigatiions of ciencies," he said. "The diRerence
drug deals, aCCOt~iag to t~he between demanding a sample of
Chi~f Commissioner of Police, breath For anslysis from a man
suspected of being~under the in-
Mr Mick Miller. fluence of liquor and requiring
- in the latest annual report at a saliva sample from a man sus-
the Victoria Police, Mr Miller said . pected of rape is purely acade-
the fnilure to give police an ef- mic."
- fective means of 8ghting the dnig
tradQ "may well induce perman- He said . the law was uncIear
ent social hum": about the p~wer of police to
"5nrveiliance is furttier weak- search peopie before their arrest. ~
ened by inadequate powers;' Mr "Real' aad practical difticokies
Milier said. "Despite recom- slso cQnfront both the polke and
mendatiuns by various inquiries the public ia~ know}ng the limi-.
. and commissions, both within tation� of powers eonnec~+:d with
Australia and overseas, telephone entry, search and seizu;e.
interception continues to be dis- He, said there ware 79 leg{sla-
allowed in the face of well docu- ted powers enabHng police to de-
mented evidence that considerable mand and inspect licences or
planning and organisation for books and 25 different warrants
illicit drug deals is undertaken by authorising searches.
telephone." Mr Milier also ~ointed to what
Mr Miller also said powers he said were deficiencies in police
were r~eeded to enable the lawfui powers involving , the power to
ftngerprinting or photogrephing demand the names and addresses
of arrested people and "under cer- of people suspected of being in-
tain circumstances, suspects". volved in crimes which included
Authority was required to take murder and rape.
physiological specimins from Yet there is power for police
people for forensic examination. to demand the name and address
cerbone - 32 of a suspected under-age drinker
on licensed premises and, should
There are no enablin~ powers he prevaricate, arrest him. Motor-
for the very basic investigative ists and jay-walking pedestrians
techniques and there are indica- may be arrested for refusing to
tions that increasing numbers ot state their name and add~eas on
� demand to police.'.'
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AUSTRALIA
BRIEFS
MARIJUAI~?A CROP BURNING--Melbourne.--Police today will burn a marihuana crop they
say is worth $5 million near Wentworth, in southwestern New South Wales. The
crop has been under police guard after a raid on Sturts Billabong, 30 km north of
Wentworth, on Monday night. Police said the crop consisted of about 50,000 plants
about a metre high, growing among grape vines. They said the crop would be har-
vested and burned today. John Clifford Treweek, 43, of Sturts Billabong,
_ appeared in court at Wentworth yesterday and was remanded on $10,000 bail until
March 3. Police told the court more arrests were likely. [TextJ [Brisbane
THE COURI~R-MAIL in English 9 Dec 81 p 26]
POLICEMAN ON HEROIN CHARGE--Adelaide.--A former Australian federal policeman was
involved in a conspiracy to import heroin into Australia with a street value of
about $1 miliion, Adelaide Magistrate's Court was told yesterday. Mr Paul
Charlton, of the Co~onwealth Crown Law Department, said it was alleged that the
man was involved in a conspiracy to import the drug during 1974 and 1980. Damian
Howard Hahn, of Adelaide, was charged with conspiring with other persons to commit
offences against the Customs Act between May 1, 1979 and September 13, 1979. He
was also charged with conspiring with other people to import heroin into Australia
between September 14, 1979 and August 15, 1981. The offences allegedly occurred
in Adelaide. No pleas were taken. Mr Nick Manos, SM, remanded Hahn to December 21
and allowed him $15,000 bail witt~ two sureties each of $15,000. [Text] [Brisbane
THE COURIER-MAIL in English 15 Dec 81 p 21]
NSW DRUG STATISTICS--Sydney: The latest court statistics for NSW show an increase
in drug offences, with more cases involving cannabis and an emphasis on the prose-
cution of drug pushers. The statistics for 1980, released yesterday, also showed
tougher penalties for drunken drivers, the Attorney-General, Mr Walker, said.
More convictions and higher fines for drunken driving followed Government measures
taken in 1978, he said. More breatYialyser tests were made and licences were
suspended for longer periods. The report prepared by the NSW bureau of crime
statistics and research showed changes to the law has led to some big drops in
the number of court appearances for some offences. Drunks and vagrants no longer
showed up in crime statistics, Mr Walker said. They now were properly treated
as people with heal~h and social problems. [Text] [i?erth THE WEST AUSTRALIAN in
English 18 Dec 81 p 18]
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(1ANTAS S'1'1;WAR.D REMAiMI:D IN I.ONDO[V--A chief s~eward with AuSCralia's ove.rseati ~ir-
line, c~antas, has been remanded in custody in London oti chrirges of possessing heroin.
(~tary Simmona), 52, whu gave a i,ondon address, was charged along wirh siK other peo-
ple over the seizure of more than A$400,000 worth of drugs in London last ::uv~mber.
(Simmons') brother, Ronald, was also among those charged. No pleas were entered
and they will appear in court again neat week. [Text] [BK120317 Melbourne Overseas
Service in English 0830 GMT 6 Feb 82]
- DRUG COMMISSION TO NZ--The Australian Royal Commission into Drug Trafficking is
expected to visir New Zealand for 2 or 3 weeks toward the middle of the year armed
with New Zealand powers. The move follows a meeting in Wellington between the
attorneys general of the two countries. The New Zealand attorney general, Mr
McLay, said only technical and legal difficulties remain to be resolved. Mr McLay
said most of the Australian enquiry would concern with the activities of a New 7.ea-
land syndicate boss (Jerelin Briton) for murder, [Text] [BKJ.20317 Melbourne Over-
seas Service in English 1230 GrTT 11 Feb 82 ]
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BURMA
BRIEFS
OPIUM ON LASHIO TRAIN--At 1000 on 22 January, acting on information, a Lashio rail-
ways police squad headed by Ko Sein Maung and Ko Ko A~e searched passenger carriage
No 4 of the Lashio-Mandalay train as the train entered Hsipaw station. The team
found from Nan Mya U of Shwe Chedi Ward No 8, Kyaukme, six balls ~f raw opium,
weighing 6 viss [about 22 pounds] and worth about 20,000 kyat, hid~ien among the
vacuum flasks in a rattan bag tog~ther with other contraband goods. [TextJ [BK120317
Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmese 2 Feb 82J
MOULMEIN DRUG SUPPRESSION--Under the narcotic drugs suppression campai.gn of the
Moulmein Township People's Council, legal action was taken against 508 pers~ns con-
nected with 400 narcotic drug cases between 1974 and 1981. A breakdown of drug
cases per year is as follows: 12 cases involving 17 people in 1974; 16 cases in-
volving 26 people in 1975; 5 cases involving 12 people in 1976; 66 cases involving
84 people in 1977; 88 cases involving 97 people in 1978; 88 cases involving 108
people in 1979; 60 cases involving 79 people in 1980; and 65 cases involving 85
people in 1981. Drug usage killed a woman in 1975 and three men in 1981. [BK120317
Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in Burmese 31 Jan 82]
CSO: 5300/5634
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INDIA
BRIEFS
OPIUM SMUGGLER ARRESTED--About 15 kg contraband opium valued at several thousands
rupees was seized by the Crime Branch of Delhi police following the arrest of an
alleged narcotics smuggler Farooq of Madhya Pradesh from the Kingsway Camp area on
Thursday evening. Crime Branch Deputy Police Commissioner R S Sahaye said that
the suspect was nabbed following a tip off. A trap was laid near the Ashok Vihar
flyover after developing criminal intelligence. He said that during interrogation
Farooq had confessed having been involved in opium smuggling operations from Madhya
Pradesh into the Capital for past several months. Mr Sahaye said that the crime
branch had also seized imported goods valued at nearly Rs 15,000 following a raid
on the premises of a cloth merchant in Ch~ac~ni Chowk on Thursday. The cloth mer-
chant Rajinder has been arrested. [New Delhi PATRIOT in English 23 Jan 82 p 5]
CSO: 5300/7018 �
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PAKISTAN
MINISTER CALLS FOR GLOBAL ACTION
Karachi MORNING NEWS in English 4 Feb 82 p 1
[Text] Islamabad Feb. 3--Federal Finance Minister Ghulam Isnaq Khan has called for
concerted action at the global level to curb the menace of drug trafficking which
is growing at alarming pr~portions the world over, specially in the West.
At a meeting with the visiting Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council
Sir Ftpnald Radford here this morning the Minister stated that the Pakistan Govern-
ment had intensified its campaign against the narcotics smuggling. The drive he
said produced encouraging results. The Pakistan Customs authorities he added had
made record seizures of narcotics in the first half of the current fiscal year.
The value of the seized drugs ran fantastically high in the world market he said.
- Rewards
The Finance Minister said that the anti-smuggling operations on the drugs count
cost the government quite heavily by way of rewards paid out to the informers and
the inces?tives provided to the customs staff. The Government he said was bearing
this merely as part of its international obligations. He suggested the crea~ion of
an international fund by the Council with the help of leading Western countries to
finance the expenditures incurred by national governments of developing countries
on collection of information and payment af rewards and incentives.
CSO: 5300/5645
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PAKISTAN
EDITORIAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER HEROIN ADDICTION
Karactii PiORNING NEWS in English 25 Jan 82 p 1+
[Editorial: "Heroin Addiction"]
[Text] The report that heroin addiction has assumed azalarming proportion in
Pakistan is not only disturbing but has also created a sense of horror among
parents whose children mostly students have fallen victim to this menace. Dis-
closing this, the Chairman of the National Coordination Committee for Health has
sounded a note of warning that the use of drugs has spread rapidly in Karachi,
Baluchistan and North West Frontier province. He also pointed out that heroin
addiction is the worst kind of addiction and diffinult to treat. He expressed
his concern over the general and cheap availability of the drug in the under-
ground market. The recently started production of heroin is a very alarming
fact as the opium addicts are easil~~ curable, but heroin addicts are very diffi-
cult to cure.
It is all the more horrifying to note that it is being increasingly used by the
students of educational institutions, including medical colleges and universi-
ties. The report cannot be contradicted as this has come through a very reliable
source. In view of its dangerous effects, if the student community is not warned
and its dangerous reaction is not pointed out to them, there is every likelihood
that all educational institutions might fall victim to it.
A leading psychiatrist of the country and a member of the National Coordination
Committee has expressed his great concern over the prevailing situation saying
that once this addiction takes place, it will be very difficult to control it.
It is also a matter of great concern that the heroin addicts are considered
mentally handicapped. It means that now they are a burden on the society. What
is needed now is not only to start a campaign against this menace but better
health care facilities should also be introduced for curing drug addicts through-
out the country. Let the work be taken up jointly by the Health Department and
social welfare organisations.
CSO: 5300/5631
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BRIEFS
HEROIN SEIZEA--Exise police yesterday arrested a person from Malir, and recovered
from his possession 2000 grams of heroin worth Rs. 2 crore in international market.
The accused has been identified as Mumtaz Hussain Rizvi. [Karachi MORNIN~ NEF1S in
English 4 Feb 82 p 1]
OPIUl~i, HEROIN SEIZF.n--Peshawar, 12 Feb (PPI/APP)--The customs intelligence
wing hauled up 270 kilograms of opium and eighty kilograms of heroin, in an
operation on the Grand Trunk road here early this morning. Customs sources
said that the contraband, estimated to be worth abaut RS80 crore in inrer-
national drug market, was being sinuggled down the country in trailer. This
was one of the biggest seizures of narcotics in the country. ~Excerpt]
[GF170522 Karachi DAWN in English 13 Feb 82 p 1 GF]
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PHILIPPINES
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BRIEFS
DRUG ABUSE 'NOT ALARMING'--Drug addiction in the Philippines, as compared to
th e United States, Hoz:g Kong and France, is not alarming. This was asserted
by Commander (:omeo J. Sanga), chief of th e control, regulation and
intelligence division of the Dangerous Drugs Board. He spoke at a drug abuse
seminar yesterday. (Sanga) said the main drug problem in the country is
_ marijuana ahvse. He said that of the 2,200 arrests made last year, 90 percent
involved marijuana users, and he added that only 27 heroin addicts were
reported last year. [Text] [HK130045 Man3.la Far East Broadcasting Company
in English 2330 GMT 12 Feb 82]
CSO: 5300/5642
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THAILAND
CORRECTIONS OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON U.S. PRISON~R SWAP
_ BK25020b Bangkok POST in English 25 Jan 82 p 1
[Text] Thailand has agreed in principle to exchange prisoners with the United States
--the first time the kingdom has ever agreed to a prisoner-exchange treaty with
another country, Corrections Uepartment Director-General Thawi Chusap revealed
yesterday.
However, }ie did not say whether a special Interior Ministry committee appointed to
draft t.he treaty would consider exchanging Americans convicted of drug offences in
Thailand.
At present there are about 60 American prisoners here--the largest national group
among the S00 foreign prisoners serving sentences at Ba1g Kwang maximum security
prison, IClong Prem, Lard Yao and other jails in Thailand. Most of the foreigners,
including the Americans, are serving jail terms rangin~ between 20 years and life
for offences under the 1979 drugs act.
High-ranking prison officials, however, are on record as saying that they would only
support a prisoner-exchange deal if narcotics offenders are specifically excluded
from it.
Mr Thawi yesterday did nat mention whether the Interior i~linistry committee would
_ consider exchanging U.S. drugs prisoners.
He said that Dep~ity Interior Under.-Secretary Detchat Wongkomonchet had been appointed
to head the commi.ttee which would dra�t the prisoner exchanges treaty and that a
Foreign Ministry represent~tive had participated.
'Che committee, which lield its first meeting last Thursday, has not yet decided
wha~ type ot ci-iminals would be exchanged or how long a prisoner would tiave to serve
befor.e he could be considered under ttie tzeaty. However, it would not be necessary
to approve every exchnnge request made said Mr Thawi.
:lccordin~ to the proposals, an American prisoner repatriated under the treaty would
continue to serve thejail term handed down by a Thai court. He or she, however,
would be eligible for amnesty or parole granted by the Lnited States. Likewise,
Thai prisoners repatriated from the United States could be freed under the amnesty
here, Mr Thawi explained. ~
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Some other countries including Canada and France have also proposed prisoner ex-
change treaties with Thailand, said Mr Thawi, but no definite decision has yet been
made.
_ He added that he personally supported the treaty because it would reduce the cor-
rection department's costs in feeding and looking after the prisoners.
The U.S, move follows complaints by American prisoners of poor conditions in Thai
jails--complaints that foreign prisoners here underlined with a hunger strike last
summer. The strike eventually petered out but not before it got considerable cover-
age by newspaper abroad.
The controversial treaty proposals were fi.rst brought up in talks two years ago
between the Foreign Ministry and the U.S. State Department.
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THAILAND
THAI GOVERNOR LAUDS U.S. DEA, URGES FOREIGN AID
BK140315 Bangkok NATION REVIEW in English 14 Jan 82 p 2
[Article by Sophon Ongkara]
[Text] Chiang Mai--Governor Chaiya Phunsiriwong has urged the international com-
munity to provide assistance in the marketing of various crops planted by hill-
tribesmen to replace poppy if they have the desire for the unsponsored crop substi-
tution program to succeed.
Marketing of crops, like poppy planting, should be treated as an international prob--
1em. This must be supported by other countries which appreciate a problem o= Thai-
land if hilltribesmen's crops cannot be sold, the governor told the NAT.ION in an
exclusive interview yesterday.
Stressing the government's policy to eradicate poppy fields, Governor Chaiya pointed
- out that the crop substitution program, sponsored by the Unite~l Nations development
program, can succeed only when hilltribesmen--who are now willing to substitute
poppy with other cash crops--can sell their produce.
The domestic ma.rket ceiling is low, and this means that there will be surplus. If
Europe and other cout~tries just look at only economic aspect, then the crop replace-
ment program will not succeed, he said.
He urged the developed countries not to cast a narrow view by limiting this problem
at provincial or national level. "I strongly propose that sales of hilltribes:~en's
crops is also an international problem," he added.
The governor last Saturday took a high-level government team, including Deputy Prime
Minister Prachuap Suntharangkun, secretary general of the National Security Council
Prason Sunsiri and top officials of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board to
inspect hilltribesmen destroying poppy fields in Ban Buak Chan of Mae Rim District.
Hilltribesmen in seven villages, covering 100 rai, have volunteered to chop down
poppy plants while three other hilltribe villages are still adamant to maintain
their plantations which cover about 40 rai. '
Governor Chaiya said the crop substitution program has enabled Thais to consume
~arious vegetables and fruits such as peach, apples strawberries, apricot, tea and
coffee trees.
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There is an expected large surplus of coffee and red beans which Western counr_ries
must help buy them. His Majesty the ~ing's project has already proven that cash
crops might enable hiZltribesmen to earn about 100,000 baht per rai, compared with
poppy which can yield op ium worth 3,000-5,000 baht per rai, he said.
There is still no time-frame for the government t~ completely eradicate poppy fields
but there are many government agencies trying har3 to dissuade hilltribesmen from
growing poppy plant, the governor said.
He said suppression drive against opium trade in the.province has been effective with
cooperation from the Drugs Enforcement Agency (DEA). Chopping down poppy plants is
not the ultimate measures undertaken by the government which has been convincing
hilltribesmen that opium is not the panacea for all ailments.
The governor has been taking a hard-line stand against criti~ism by foreigners and
the Western press. He said a foreigner had asked him recently how he could let
poppy plantation.s going on right under his nose.
"T asked him, iri turn, why well-education Westerners, who already understand the
hazards posed by drugs, continue to consuu~e narcotics? and their continued consump-
tion has posed a lot of problems for us," he said.
:'rovincial aurhorities recently proposed to the government reorganization of manage-
ment of hillt~~ibesmen and the restructures of crops plantations, marketing assis-
tance, he said.
Thai Ambassacjor to Washington Prok Amaranan yesterday visited the crop substitution
program at Khunchangkhian Village and Doi Sammun in this province.
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- EDITORIAL CALLS RAID RELATED TO NATIONAL SECURITY
_ BK310315 Bangkok POST in English 31 Jan 82 pp 20, 21
- [Editorial by Montri Chenwitthayakham: "It Became a Question of Natiotial Security"]
[Text] As the government campaign against the Shan rebel troops continues, a number
- of puzzles about their leader, opium warlord Khun Sa, remain to be answered, espe-
cially his relations with Thailand. But more important is how the government action
has been related to the change in policy and its implications for our national se-
curity problem.
In his statement read by Government House Spokesman Dr Trairong Suwankhiri on Tues-
day, Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanon strongly condemned the past negligence in the
suppression of opium traffickers. Vowing that gavernment operatiuns will continue
relentlessly until Khun Sa's forces are pushed out of Thailand, Gen Prem said, in
part:
"This group of drug traffickers is very dangerous to our country. They have, for a
very long time, been engaged in the drug trade in our country. We have neglected
the situation for too long, and it is a great shame that in many ways Thailand's
sovereignty has been transgressed in the Ban Hin Taek area, such as in the collection
of taxes...."
- Against whom did the prime minister direct his charges of past neglect of the pre-
,sent situation? Has General Prem been long aware of Khun Sa's movements and his
~increased strength as well as the threat he is to the country? Why had Khun Sa,
~ according to intelli.gence sources, been permitted to travel to Bangkok and Chiang Mai
~and to own a house on Sukhumvit Soi 71 and a shophouse selling jade near Phakao
;monastery in Chiang Mai?
~ias Thailand recently made some agreement with the United States and Burma on the
suppression of Khun Sa's Shan United Army (SUA)? Certainly the attacks on Khun
- Sa's troops took everyone by surprise. These are some of the questions to which
:many people want to know the answers.
On the question of "past neglect", the phocographs of Khun Sa's vast barracks and the
large amount of weapons seized by the government forces bear this out.
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Many of the modern and solid buildings in the barracks show that Khun Sa must have
_ been very confident of his security. The style of many houses, the swimming pool
and other luxuries made his headquarters look something like a housing estate in
the suburbs of Bangkok. It therefore seems impossible for the Th~ai authorities not
to know of I~1zun Sa's movements. But why did the government not destroy these facil-
ities a long time ago?
Co~mnentin~ on the huge arsenal built by the SUA, Supreme Commander of the Armed
Forces Gen Saiyut Koetphon has said that I~un Sa wanted'to overthrow the Thai Go-
vernment by force. This is a very serious charge which he would not have made
without good evidence. It is, however, beyond the imagination of ordinary people
to see how Khun Sa could use his forces to overthrow the Thai Government based in
Bangkok.
Gen Saiyut also said the military had kept Khun Sa's mcvements under surveillance
since the first Prem government. That was nearly two years ago, but the public
did not seem to be aware of how grave was the danger posed by Khun Sa, except that
he has been known to be engaged in drug trade and to use armed caravans to carry
the opium.
If Khun Sa had the ambition to overthrow the 'Ihai Government, he must have col-
laborated with some other forces. But we have learned that until lately he and the
Burmese communists had been enemies. We also learned that a few months before the
attack on Khun Sa's forces, the government had searched his Sukhumwit Road house.
_ So presumably the prime minister must have been informed of it. The fact that
Khun Sa was allowed to travel and to own a house in Bangkok and a shophouse in
Chiang Mai can only be interpreted that in the past, governments must have seen
the benefit of cultivating his friendship.
Khun Sa himself claimed that he had helped Thailand in the suppression of communist
insurgents and in protecting thA ;:~estern border. Indeed, he expressed surprise that
the Thai Government has taken harjn action against his forces. His forces, IQZUn
Sa said in his letters, were being built up for the purpose of fighting for a
Shan State independent of Burmese rule.
It is known that the 1'hai Government in the past did not want to open another batt]e
front along its northwestern border while the country already had its hands full
~ at its frontiers in the east and northeast. As those who have studied the minority
groups living along the Thai-Burmese border have explained, the Thai Government,
especially since the fall of South Vietnam and Kampuchea in 1975, has been on
friendly terms with Khun Sa. This explains why he could own a house in Bangkok
and operate a shophouse in Chiang Mai, though in the names of his close relatives.
The Thai Government's policy changed when it became apparent Khun Sa's forces had
become too strong and was threatening Thai sovereignty. The "friendship" finally
- collapsed when Khun Sa attempted to impose his rule in the Ban Hin Taek area and
began collecting taxes from the people.
In attaclcing Mae Sai market in Chiang Rai to avenge the Thai Government's suppres-
sion drive against them, Khun Sa's troops probably wanted to show the government
that they still have the strength to harass the townspeople even if they cannot
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control the border area. In short, Khun Sa has grown to become a great danger to
Thailand and has to be de~lt with.
On the question of support from the United States and Burma in the government cam-
paign against Khun Sa, though it was not openly admitted, some sort of cooperation
must have been agreed upon.
Shortly before the attack on Khun Sa's forces, Foreign Minister Air Chief Marshal
Sitthi Sawetasila visit~d Burma� National Security Council's Secretary General
Prascng Sunsiri also left for a meeting in Burma a few days ago.
On Wednesday [27 January] American Ambassador to Thailand John Gunther Dean issued a
statement lauding the Thai Government for its "courageous and forceful action"
against Khun Sa, which Mr Dean considered an "important blow against heroin produc-
tion and trafficking." Ambassador Dean's statement gives clear support to the Thai
Government's action, but the American officials denied the United States supplied
arms and other material aids to the Thai Government for this operation.
Most of the general public fully support the government's campaign against Khun
Sa's forces wl~ich have threatened our national security. T'ne country has also won
praise from the United States and oth~r countries which have long suspected that
some high-ranking Thai officials may have had a hand in drug trafficking. The drive
against Khun Sa will also help foster Thailand's better understanding with Burma.
We, however, cannot fully blame the past governments for the policy of cultivating
f~�iendship with Khun Sa or with any foreign forces along its western border such
as the nMT's 93d Division, as that policy might have served Thai national interests
at the time.
However, now the situation has changed, and the policy must change. This current
military action against foreign forces should provide us with good lessons in the
future formulation of our national security policy. There is the need for constant
reviewing of our policies. As General Prem has said, leng neglect of the situation
can be very dangerous to our country. So is the lack of awareness of the changing
situation which brings new dangers.
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THAILAND
'VOFA' COMMENTARY CALLS ''BBC' REPORT ON DRUG OPERATION 'REGRETTABLE'
BK011508 Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in Engtish 1100 GMT 1 Feb 82
[Station commentary: "The Khun Sa Operation; Where the Doubt Should Lie"]
- [Text] It is now over 7 days since Thai border patrol police--and later on, Thai
rangers and army troops--launched an attack 4n the opium warlord and leader of the
Shan United Army at Ban Hin Taek, a�aillage on the Thai-Burmese border in the
northernmost province of Thailand. Newspapers and the international news agencies
have covered and are still writing about the suppression campaign. However, it
transpired that there have been some allegations about the intentions ~nd sincerity
- of the Thai Government in carrying our. the operation. Therefore, it is necessary
to emphasize and repeat a few facts which should be incontrovertible:
- l. The Thai Government employed over 1,000 border patrol policemen, rangers and
troopers in the assault on Khun Sa's headquarters. Many mot-~ rroops were held in
reserve. Helicopters and gunships were used, as well as 04"-10 airplanes, which
not only acted as porters but also were used to drop bombs. Therefore, the Thai
Government was fully committed to using all forces necessary to destroy Khun Sa's
headquarters. The loss of 16 border patrol policement with 45 wounded is ample
testimony that Thailand was taking serious action,
2. Khun Sa and the Shan United Army have now lost theix headquarters and a great
part of their sources including ammunition and weapons, food and medicine and the
printing press for their propaganda. The Shan United Arwy has also suffered over
30 deaths, many wounded and several hundred captured. Althaugh Khun Sa himself has
not yet been caught, it cannot be denied that his capacity and power to deal in the
opium and heroin trade and his ability to use Thailand as a base for the Shan United
Army tiave received a serious setback. The Thai Government has never claimed that
it could in one blow smash Khun Sa, but after this campai-gn, it will be a very leng
time before Khun Sa and the Shan United Army sre able to regain the position they
held before 21 January, if ever.
3. The Thai Government has long plar,ned ro use peaceful measures to push Khun Sa
out, but Khun Sa was obstinate, making the use of force unavoidable, There were
two main reasons why the attack on Khun Sa and the headquarters of the Shan United
Army was launched. One was because Khun Sa is one of the world's biggest traf-
fickers in narcotics drugs. More than 70 percent of the opium coming from the
Golden Triangle comes from Burma, and the ma~or part of this is handled by Khun Sa,
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whose caravans bring the opium from inside Burma to makeshift ref~ning camps along
the Burmese-Ttiai border. The heroin obtained is sr.!uggled out to the world. Thi.s
practice is now broken, and the supply of heroin reaching Thai addicts as well as
to the addicts of the world should consequently be more scarce. The second import-
ant reason is that the Thai Government is serious in not allowing foreign forces to
use its territory as a base for attacks on another country. Gen Prem Tinsulanon,
the Thai prime minister, has made it publicly clear that while it may take time to
drive the illegal forces of Khun Sa completely out of. the country, it was the go-
vernment's intention to drive them out.
4. Many other governments must also be gratified that the operation of k11un Sa has
been disrupted, especially those governments which have to face the problem of
heroin addicition in their societies, and, of couzse, those families who have had to
fuce the excruciating problem of inembers of their families being addicted or who have
suffered from drug-related crimes. The Burmese Government should also benEfit both
on the narcotics side and the fact that a prime mover against their government has
been dealt a super blow.
Given the above, it is most regrettable that on 25 January, (Jack Thompson), the
BBC Soutt~east Asiar correspondent, in his report concerning the assault on Khun Sa's
headquarters cast serious doubt on the whole operation, saying that