They were absolutely devastated by the devaluation of the Myanmar Kyat.
It wasn't just him.
The people within the State also suffered quite a bit of misfortune.
The Myanmar Kyat they had earned before had significantly devalued, and they were blockaded, which meant they had no stable channels to exchange for Asia Dollars, nor could they exchange it for other currencies, because holders were carefully keeping them, unwilling to exchange.
This speed of loss made many people's livers ache, including him, the leader of Shan State holding the most Myanmar Kyat, with an exchange rate loss of over seventy million US dollars, and no one to cover the deficit.
"Ling didn't say, but given his style, he probably wouldn't let the Asia Dollar devalue,"