Sao Edward Yang Kyein Tsai

楊振材
Saopha of KokangIn office
1949 – 17 May 1959Preceded byYang Wen PinSucceeded byPosition abolished Personal detailsBorn
Yang Kyein Tsai (楊振材)

1918
Yamen, Kya Diling, KokangDied1971 (aged 52–53)
LashioNationalityBurmeseRelationsJimmy Yang Kyein Sein (younger brother)
Olive Yang (younger sister)EducationRangoon University

Sao Edward Yang Kyein Sai OBE (Chinese: 楊振材; pinyin: Yáng Zhèncái, Burmese: စောယန်းကျိန်စိုင်း, 1918–1971) was the last traditional ruler (saopha) of the Chiefdom of Kokang from 1949, at the death of his father, saopha Sao Yang Wen Pin, 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

  1. ^ Thant Myint-U (13 September 2011). Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia. Macmillan. ISBN 9781466801271.