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BANGKOK, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Nine army men have turned themselves in and confessed to killing 13 Chinese sailors on Mekong River in Golden Triangle earlier this month, Thai police chief said Friday.
新华社曼谷10月28日电——泰国警察总监周五表示，9名军人投案自首，供认本月早些时候在金三角湄公河杀害13名中国船员。
The suspects were servicemen of the Third Military Command of the Thai Army, which guards the northern border of Thailand, said Thai police chief Pol Gen Priewpan Damapong.
泰国警察总监飘潘透露，嫌疑犯隶属于泰国军部第三军区，该部队负责保卫泰国北方边境。
Priewpan said the army and the government were not behind the killing. He said the police suspect the servicemen acted on the order of some local tycoons and further investigation is underway.
飘潘称，军队和政府并不是杀人案的幕后者。他表示，警方怀疑这些军人是奉当地一些大亨的命令行动，调查还在进一步进行中。
The victims aboard two cargo ships were shot dead by a group of gunmen on Oct. 5 in a section of Mekong River that forms the border of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar. Their bodies were found and salvaged from the river in northern Thailand afterward.
10月5日，两艘货船上的受害者在泰国、老挝和缅甸边境的湄公河的一个河段上被一群持枪者开枪打死。之后，他们的尸体被发现，并从泰国北部的湄公河上被打捞上来。