Sao Edward Yang Kyein Tsai
Sao Edward Yang Kyein Tsai
Sao Edward Yang Kyein Sai (Chinese: 杨振材; pinyin: Yáng Zhèncái), Saopha of Kokang (1918–1971, at Lashio) was the traditional ruler (saopha) of the Burmese state of Kokang from 1949, at the death of his father, saopha Sao , until he abdicated in 1959.
Yang's 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.[1]
References[]
- ^ Thant Myint-U (13 September 2011). Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia. Macmillan. ISBN 9781466801271.
Categories:
- Burmese royalty
- Burmese people of Chinese descent
- Monarchs who abdicated