In Kachin State, the areas of poppy cultivation have been significantly extended in the Hukawng Valley, Sadon, Phakant and Putao areas since 1998.
A poppy field in Sadon (Shadung) area, eastern Kachin State.
Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) held yesterday 'World Drug Day' in its controlled Mai Ja Yang on Sino-Burma border.
A KIO official read his anti-drug speech in the ceremony at the Kachin cultural Manau Hall in Mai Ja Yang.
Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldiers sang an anti-drug song.
Local Kachins, Shans and Chinese attendend 'World Drug Day' ceremony in Mai Ja Yang.
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