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China to execute 13 pirates for killing seamen
(Shipping Times)
December 23, 1999
They were among 38 accused of ship hijacking last year and killing all 23 crew
[SINGAPORE]
A Chinese court yesterday sentenced to death 13 pirates -- 12 Chinese and one Indonesian -- for killing 23 sailors in a ship hijacking.
Court officials said the men were among 38 accused of hijacking the Hongkong-owned Changxing cargo ship on Nov 16, 1998, murdering ...... Read more on Shipping Times
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