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Court upholds sentences on Mekong River gang

THE appeals of six people convicted in connection with the murder of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River last year have been rejected.

A Chinese court upheld the death penalties on Myanmar drug lord Naw Kham (pictured above during yesterday's hearing) and three of his right-hand men.

The Provincial Higher People's Court of Yunnan also upheld sentences on two other Myanmar convicts. Zha Bo had been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve while Zha Tuobo had been jailed for eight years.

All six had been convicted of crimes including murder, drug trafficking, kidnapping and hijacking by a court in Kunming, capital of Yunnan, in November.

Nicknamed "The Godfather," Naw Kham was the boss of the largest illegal armed drug trafficking gang on the Mekong River, which flows through China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.

The gang was busted earlier this year in a joint operation by police from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand after the sailors' murders triggered calls to rein in rampant crime in the border region.





 

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