BEIJING, Dhu-AlQa'dah 12, 1432, Oct 10, 2011, SPA - At least 11 Chinese sailors were killed when their ships were attacked on the Mekong River between Thailand and Myanmar, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, voicing concern about what media reports said was an assault by drug traffickers. The sailors were on two cargo ships attacked on Oct. 5 in the "Golden Triangle" of the Mekong, a region of Southeast Asia, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on its website (www.mfa.gov.cn) late on Sunday. As well as the 11 sailors killed, two were missing, said the ministry. But officials in Yunnan, the Chinese province bordering Thailand and Myanmar, said 12 were killed and one was missing, the China News Service said. --SPA 10:52 LOCAL TIME 07:52 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/932731
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