Suspect of Mekong River attack pleads guilty
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Naw Kham (R) is seen at the Intermediate People's Court of Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, Sept. 21, 2012. Naw Kham, principal suspect for the murders of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River last year, pleaded guilty Friday evening when he and five other people were standing trial in southwest China. [Wang Shen/Xinhua] |
![Naw Kham (R) is seen at the Intermediate People's Court of Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, Sept. 21, 2012. Naw Kham, principal suspect for the murders of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River last year, pleaded guilty Friday evening when he and five other people were standing trial in southwest China. [Wang Shen/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20120922/000cf1bdc9db11c760dc16.jpg "Naw Kham (R) is seen at the Intermediate People's Court of Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, Sept. 21, 2012. Naw Kham, principal suspect for the murders of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River last year, pleaded guilty Friday evening when he and five other people were standing trial in southwest China. [Wang Shen/Xinhua]")
Naw Kham, principal suspect for the murders of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River last year, pleaded guilty Friday evening when he and five other people were standing trial in southwest China.
The trial, which opened Thursday morning at the Intermediate People's Court of Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, ended on Friday, 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 by a collegiate bench.
Naw Kham denied plotting the attack on Thursday. However, the five other defendants on trial all testified in court that Naw Kham was the gang's ringleader who masterminded the attack.
The six suspects were charged with intentional homicide, drug trafficking, kidnapping and hijacking by the Kunming People's Procuratorate.
Prosecutors showed irrefutable and sufficient evidence of the criminal offences, including the six defendants' confessions, witness testimonies, DNA test results, and autopsy reports.
Thirteen witnesses from Laos and Thailand testified in the trial on the basis of bilateral judicial assistance treaties between China and the two countries respectively. They were protected by the court according to China's law and international practice.
All six defendants who were foreigners answered questions raised by the chief justice, judges, prosecutors, victims' relatives and lawyers during the trial, aided by translators.
Relatives of the 13 Chinese victims, embassy personnel of the related countries, Chinese legislators, political advisors, experts and representatives of local residents and media were present at the court during the two-day trial.
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