Myanmar cyclone: Drug lord crony will profit

By Colin Freeman, Chief Foreign Correspondent

Last Updated: 1:11AM BST 25/05/2008

With his Rolex watch, white limousine and smart villa next to Rangoon’s best golf course, Lo Hsing Han’s retirement has been much more comfortable than the prison cell he might have expected.

But, like every other drug lord who has lasted long enough to salt his gains into legal trades, the secret of his success is not his guns or cunning, but his connections.