Sao Edward Yang Kyein Tsai

Male, Deceased Person

1918 – 1971

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Who was Sao Edward Yang Kyein Tsai?

Sao Edward Yang Kyein Sai, Saopha of Kokang was the traditional ruler of the Burmese state of Kokang from 1949, at the death of his father, saopha Sao Yang Wen Pin, until he abdicated in 1959.

Yang's half-sister, Olive Yang, was a prominent opium warlord, recruited by Khin Nyunt in the late 1980s to help broker ceasefires in Burma with ethnic rebel groups.

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Born
1918
Died
1971
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on July 23, 2013

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