Pheung Kya-shin

Pheung Kya-shin (; ; 26 January 1932 – 16 February 2022) was the chairman of the Shan State Special Region No. 1 in Myanmar (Burma) and the leader of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) from 1989 to 2009.

Biography Pheung was born in the British Raj into the Peng family, related to the Chieftains of Kokang by marriage. He is of Chinese descent, and was born near Haungsawhtuuhaw Village (, ), Kokang in 1932 In 1949 he studied military affairs under Sao Edward Yang Kyein Tsai, the saopha of Kokang at that time, and became the captain of Yang's defense force, where he remained until Yang's was deposed by the Myanmar Armed Forces (the military junta ruling Burma) in 1965. Later that year he established the Kokang People's Revolutionary Army and began leading a small group of youth in guerilla warfare against the Myanmar Armed Forces. In 1989, however, the CPB split up After this he signed a cease-fire with the military junta, which allowed the Kokang army to retain their weapons, and established an autonomous Kokang region as the "First Special Region" of Myanmar. In 1990, he legalized opium planting in Kokang. The central government and narcotics experts, however, still suspect the region of being involved in the drug trade. and on Pheung's own house. At the same time, Pheung was challenged from within the army, as his deputy Bai Suocheng and others were said to have become loyal to the junta. The confrontation with junta troops eventually led to violent conflict (the Kokang incident); Pheung himself was driven out by his competitors from within the army

Pheung was known to have close ties to Asia World's Lo Hsing Han, a former opium kingpin, and his son Steven Law (Tun Myint Naing), and was believed to have investments in Singapore through them.

He died on 16 February 2022 in Mong La, at the age of 91. His funeral was held on 30 March.