On the same day, a local court in south China handed...

On the same day, a local court in south China handed down sentences ranging from imprisonment to death to 14 Myanmarese pirates charged with raiding a Taiwanese cargo ship and setting its 19 crew members adrift in the Andaman Sea. The head of the pirate gang, Maung Htay Aung, was given the death sentence. He had 10 days to appeal.