Naw Kham

Naw Kham executed over murder of Chinese sailors; TV broadcast blasted

2 Mar 2013

Four men were executed by lethal injection on the mainland yesterday for the murder of 13 Chinese sailors, with their final moments as they headed to the death chamber broadcast live on state...

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China executes four foreigners over Mekong River murders

1 Mar 2013

China executed four foreigners on Friday for the killing of 13 Chinese sailors in an attack on the Mekong River, following a live nationwide broadcast showing them being led to their deaths that...

CCTV 'to broadcast live execution of Mekong River massacre drug smugglers'

1 Mar 2013

UPDATED at 2.50pm: The four have been shown on live TV being transported to their place of execution.

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Talking points

1 Mar 2013

Four drug traffickers, including Golden Triangle kingpin Naw Kham, will be executed in Kunming , Yunnan province, according to state media. Naw Kham and three accomplices were convicted of...

China considered using drone in Myanmar to kill wanted drug lord

20 Feb 2013

The hunt for a Myanmese drug lord wanted for killing 13 Chinese sailors in 2011 could have ended with a drone strike launched on foreign soil, China's top drug tsar told the Global Times newspaper...

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China considered drone strike on foreign soil in hunt for drug lord

Liu Yuejin, director of the public security ministry’s anti-drug bureau, said one of the original plans to end the months-long manhunt for drug lord Naw Kham was to strafe a mountain hideout in...