THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING
Nam The Tham was shackled yesterday in Suffolk Superior Court after he and Siny Van Tran were found guilty of five counts of first-degree murder.

2 get life in prison for '91 murders

Killings of 5 men in Chinatown are called heinous

By Raja Mishra and John Ellement
Globe Staff / October 6, 2005

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Siny Van Tran and Nam The Tham were sentenced yesterday to life in prison for the execution-style murders of five men in an underground Chinatown gambling parlor 14 years ago, ending a crime saga that exposed the once-sordid underbelly of a local immigrant community that has long left those troubled days behind. (Full article: 895 words)

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