Shan State Special Region 4, commonly known as Mongla area or Lesser Mongla area, is a special region administrated by
Peace and Solidarity Committee (PSC) of
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ( ...
-East. It covers territories of the entire
Mong La Township, eastern part of
Mong Hpayak Township and to the north borders the northern part of
Wa State
Wa State, my, ဝပြည်နယ် is an autonomous self-governing polity in Myanmar (Burma). It is ''de facto'' independent from the rest of the country and has its own political system, administrative divisions and army.29 December 2 ...
.
The indigenous peoples of this region are
Blang,
Pyin,
Akha,
Hani,
Lahu and
Tai Lue people
The Tai Lü people ( Tai Lue: ᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ, , ''Dǎi lè'', lo, ລື້, ''Lư̄'', th, ไทลื้อ, , vi, Người Lự) are an ethnic group of China, Laos, Thailand, Burma and Vietnam. They speak a Southwestern Tai language ...
, etc. while the lingua franca is Mandarin Chinese.
It was established by
sent-down youth
The sent-down, rusticated, or "educated" youth (), also known as the ''zhiqing'', were the young people who—beginning in the 1950s until the end of the Cultural Revolution, willingly or under coercion—left the urban districts of the ...
U Sai Leun (born ''Lin Mingxian''). Since its active involvement into casinos and endangered wild-animal trafficking, it has been an issue for the Chinese government, which closed the several times. It also sent police cross border to destruct a casino there, under the acknowledgement of Burmese government. This special region is notorious in southwest Yunnan as they send casino advertisement spam SMS to Chinese cellphones. Organized crime used to be common in this region.
Sai Leun maintained a good relationship with
Burmese army (Tatmadaw) as the Tatmadaw units benefit financially from it.
Name
Mongla, Mengla or Meungla are different Romanization of the same Tai word, both the ''e'' and the ''o'' here should be pronounced like the Scottish accent pronunciation of ''u'' in ''bucks''. Thus, to differentiate
Mengla County
Mengla County (; Tai Lue: , ''Mueang La''; lo, ເມືອງລ້າ; th, เมืองล้า) is a county under the jurisdiction of the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in far southern Yunnan province, China. ''Meng'' is a vari ...
in China and
Mong La Township/settlement in Myanmar the locals call the former Greater Mengla/Mongla while the latter Lesser Mongla/Mengla.
Administrative divisions
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Mengla District 勐拉地区
*
Nanban District 南板地区
Shan State Special region 4 helped Tachileik organization rescued a 15-years old girl being trafficked abroad - NetEase News
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* Sele District 色勒地区
References
Citations
边城勐拉，中缅交界处的法外之地 - New York Times
External links
Mongla Forum
{{coord missing, Myanmar
Shan State
Tai Lue language
Townships of Myanmar