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Gang boss admits his part in 13 murders
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September 22, 2012, Saturday
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NAW Kham, the principal suspect in the murders of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River last year, pleaded guilty last night at his trial in southwest China.
The trial of Naw Kham and five others opened on Thursday at the Intermediate People's Court of Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, and ended yesterday, one day ahead of schedule.
Naw Kham, the head of an armed drug gang from Myanmar, expressed his penitence to the victims and their families in court, hoping for leniency.
The court will pick a date for sentencing following a review of the case.
Naw Kham denied plotting the attack when he appeared in court on Thursday. However, the five other defendants all testified that he was the gang's ringleader and mastermind behind the attack.
All six had been charged with murder, drug trafficking, kidnapping and hijacking.
The crime ring was busted earlier this year in a joint operation by police from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand after the murders of the Chinese sailors triggered an outcry in China.
The 13 sailors were killed after two cargo ships, the Hua Ping and Yu Xing 8, were hijacked on October 5 on the Mekong River.
The trial of Naw Kham and five others opened on Thursday at the Intermediate People's Court of Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, and ended yesterday, one day ahead of schedule.
Naw Kham, the head of an armed drug gang from Myanmar, expressed his penitence to the victims and their families in court, hoping for leniency.
The court will pick a date for sentencing following a review of the case.
Naw Kham denied plotting the attack when he appeared in court on Thursday. However, the five other defendants all testified that he was the gang's ringleader and mastermind behind the attack.
All six had been charged with murder, drug trafficking, kidnapping and hijacking.
The crime ring was busted earlier this year in a joint operation by police from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand after the murders of the Chinese sailors triggered an outcry in China.
The 13 sailors were killed after two cargo ships, the Hua Ping and Yu Xing 8, were hijacked on October 5 on the Mekong River.
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