Voice of America: Chinese Court Sentences Burmese Smugglers to Death Nov 6th 2012, 15:10 Voice of America | Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries | | Chinese Court Sentences Burmese Smugglers to Death Nov 6th 2012, 13:01 A court in southern China has sentenced four members of a Burmese drug smuggling gang to death for last year's kidnapping and murder of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River. China's official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday the gang leader, Naw Kham, and three of his associates were guilty of hijacking two Chinese cargo ships and killing the sailors in Thai territory in October 2011. It said another gang member received a suspended death sentence and one was jailed for eight years ... | | |  | |
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