Asia's one-time drug warlord Khun Sa dies

One-time drug warlord Khun Sa, variously described as among the world's most wanted men and a great liberation fighter, has died in Myanmar at the age of 74, an associate said yesterday.

Khuensai Jaiyen, a former secretary of Khun Sa who works with ethnic Shan minority guerrilla groups, said his former boss died in Myanmar's largest city Yangon on October 26, according to his relatives.

The cause of death was not immediately known, but Khun Sa had long suffered from diabetes, partial paralysis and high blood pressure.