The Myanmar drug lord and three of his accomplices, identified as Hsang Kham, Yi Lai,and Zha Xika, were given the lethal injection in the city of Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

 

　　Just two days before the execution, Naw Kham was speaking to China Central Television – also known as CCTV through an interpreter, about the 'Golden Triangle' area on the Mekong river where the killings happened.

 

　　"Drug trafficking is prevalent in the 'Golden Triangle' area. Good people, who come to the area, they can't resist the temptation, and they would eventually get involved in the business, and become addicted to drugs. They make money out of selling drugs and use the money in gambling. They would sell more drugs after they lost their money in gambling and eventually become bad people."

 

　　Him and his associates were arrested in Myanmar and brought to China last May.

 

　　In November they were found guilty of intentional homicide and drug trafficking, with Naw Kham, said to have organized the hijacking of two Chinese cargo ships on the Mekong in October 2011.

 

　　Since the entire incident, China, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand have set up joint security patrols along the Mekong River.

 

　　The Chinese Ministry of Public Security says the gang has now been broken up, but the joint patrol will continue to safeguard ships on the river.