Eastern Shan State Special Region 4 (, zh, 缅甸掸邦东部第四特区), 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 (, ; , ) is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos (Louang Namtha Province, Louang Namtha and Bokeo Provinces) to the east, and Thailand (Chiang Rai Province, Chia ...
-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.
The indigenous peoples of this region are
Blang,
Pyin,
Akha,
Hani,
Lahu and
Tai Lue people, etc. while the lingua franca is Mandarin Chinese.
It was established by
sent-down youth 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 in China and
Mong La Township/settlement in
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...
the locals call the former Greater Mengla/Mongla while the latter Lesser Mongla/Mengla.
Administrative divisions
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Mengla District 勐拉县
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Nanban District 南板县
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 色勒县
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