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A waxwork-like effigy of the late heroin warlord Khun Sa in his parlor -- now part of a museum in his honor -- in the Thai town of Thoed Thai, near the border with Myanmar. (Photo by William Mellor)

WILLIAM MELLOR, Contributing writer

In a jungle clearing deep inside Southeast Asia's opium-growing Golden Triangle, four young men light incense sticks and kneel to pray before a bronze statue of an imposing figure astride a horse.

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