Xinhu
July 03, 2012
Thai police have issued arrest warrants for nine soldiers over
suspected involvement in the murder of 13 Chinese sailors on Mekong
River last year, Thai media reported Tuesday.
Pansiri Prapawat,
Thailand's deputy police chief, said 109 witnesses were interviewed
over the gruesome murder, according to a report on the website of
English newspaper Bangkok Post. The sailors were on two cargo ships
when they were attacked by armed men on October 5.
Pansiri said Thai fugitive Olarn Sompongphan, alias Chamras, had worked with the gang to attack the two Chinese boats.
Olarn
was involved in illicit drugs and is also wanted for the murder of
former deputy interior minister and former Chaiyaphum MP Santi
Chaiwirattana in Chiang Rai last year, police said. He is believed to
have fled to border areas under the control of Myanmar 's Wa ethnic
group.
China, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos, have launched joint
law enforcement efforts to protect cargo ships and crack down on drug
trafficking along Mekong River. Notorious drug lord Naw Kham was
arrested in Laos in April and extradited to China on suspicion of being
linked to the murder.
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