Relatives of slain Chinese sailors hold memorial
China Daily | Updated: 2011-10-15 07:28
A relative of the victims is putting a sacrifice into a coffin. The family members of Chinese crewmen attacked in the Mekong River bowed and stood in silent tribute in a Buddhist temple in Chiang Saen of northern Thailand. According to local custom, Thai Buddhists chanted sutra for the victims. Dai Zhenhua for China Daily |
CHIANG SAEN, Thailand - Family members of the Chinese sailors killed or missing in the attack on two cargo ships on Mekong River in northern Thailand last week have left Thailand for home, official said on Friday.
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