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Families to claim bodies of sailors slain in Mekong hijacking
By Wang Qingchu |
October 13, 2011, Thursday
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FAMILY members of the 12 Chinese crew who were killed in a cargo ship hijacking on South East Asia's Mekong River will travel to Thailand today to claim the bodies of their loved ones.
The sailors were allegedly killed last Wednesday by a Myanmar drug trafficking ring operating on the river that snakes through the "Golden Triangle," where the borders of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos meet.
Some families have received 100,000 yuan (US$15,157) in claims for each victim from insurance companies, the Beijing Times reported today.
One Chinese sailor is still missing and the search is ongoing.
So far 164 Chinese crewmembers on 28 ships have been stranded in a Thailand harbor after shipping on the Mekong River was suspended following the brutal killing. They demand to be escorted back to China as soon as possible.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Liu Weimin said at a press conference yesterday that the provincial government of Yunnan was in talks with Thailand, Myanmar and Laos to ensure safe passage for the trapped Chinese crewmembers.
Liu urged all parties to allow Chinese patrol boats to pick them up.
Thai authorities claim that a drug trafficking ring from Myanmar killed the 12 sailors. Bur Nor Kham, leader of the trafficking ring, denied the allegations.
Witnesses reportedly saw Thai police officers shoot the Chinese sailors.
The investigation is still ongoing.
The sailors were allegedly killed last Wednesday by a Myanmar drug trafficking ring operating on the river that snakes through the "Golden Triangle," where the borders of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos meet.
Some families have received 100,000 yuan (US$15,157) in claims for each victim from insurance companies, the Beijing Times reported today.
One Chinese sailor is still missing and the search is ongoing.
So far 164 Chinese crewmembers on 28 ships have been stranded in a Thailand harbor after shipping on the Mekong River was suspended following the brutal killing. They demand to be escorted back to China as soon as possible.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Liu Weimin said at a press conference yesterday that the provincial government of Yunnan was in talks with Thailand, Myanmar and Laos to ensure safe passage for the trapped Chinese crewmembers.
Liu urged all parties to allow Chinese patrol boats to pick them up.
Thai authorities claim that a drug trafficking ring from Myanmar killed the 12 sailors. Bur Nor Kham, leader of the trafficking ring, denied the allegations.
Witnesses reportedly saw Thai police officers shoot the Chinese sailors.
The investigation is still ongoing.
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