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11. SSENGERS WERE REFERRED TO AS ''FROZEN DUCKS'', THE SHIP WAS ''THE BRIDE'', AND THE PROPOSED DATE OF THE SHIP'S ARRIVAL OFF THE VIETNAM COAST WAS THE ''THE WEDDING DATE''. THE SHIP PURPORTED TO BE ON A VOYAGE FROM BANGKOK TO A TAIWAN PORT, AND THE CODE WAS PART OF THE CAMOUFLAGE NEEDED TO JUSTIFY THE DIVERSION OF THE
HUEY FONG TO HONG KONG.
12. THE COURT WAS LATER TOLD ABOUT A CHANGE OF POLICY''
INTRODUCED BY THE VIETNAM GOVERNMENT LAST OCTOBER IN ITS ATTITUDE TO THE ENFORCED EXODUS FROM THE COUNTRY OF CITIZENS
OF CHINESE ETHNIC ORIGIN.
13. ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT TO THE POLICE MADE BY ONE OF THE ACCUSED, TIET QUOC LIEN, UP TILL OCTOBER THE REFUGEES HAD HAD TO LEAVE ''ILLEGALLY'', THOUGH THE REGIME WAS VIGOROUSLY SPURRING THE EXODUS AND PROFITING FROM IT. AFTER OCTOBER, STATED TIET, THE GOVERNMENT TOOK AN OFFICIAL HAND IN THE GAME, ITS SECURITY OFFICERS OPENED CONTACT WITH OVERSEAS CHINESE ENTREPRENEURS TO GET THE DEPARTURES SPEEDED AND ORGANISED ON
A MORE SYSTEMATIC AND PROFITABLE BASIS.
14. AT ABOUT THIS TIME, TIET CONTINUED, THE VIETNAM GOVERNMENT INVENTED THE SLOGAN: YOU CHINESE SHOULD RESCUE YOUR OWN CHINESE
PEOPLE."
15. THE COURT HAS ALSO HEARD VIVID ACCOUNTS OF HOW THE VIETNAM AUTHORITIES HAVE PERSECUTED THEIR CHINESE CITIZENS AND HAVE SYSTEMATICALLY MADE LIFE IN VIETNAM IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM.
16.ONE WITNESS, A FORMER VIETNAM MERCHANT NAMED YAN SUN, TOLD HOW AFTER HIS BUSINESS WAS SUPPRESSED BY THE GOVERNMENT HE WAS OBLIGED TO GIVE 86 TAELS OF GOLD TO COMMUNIST OFFICIALS FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ALLOWED TO LEAVE TOGETHER WITH 16 MEMBERS
OF HIS FAMILY,
17. YAN, AGEN 51, ADDED THAT THIS INJURY WAS FOLLED BY THE FINAL INSULT: HE WAS FORCED TO WRITE A STATEMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT HE HAD SURRENDERED HIS PROPERTY VOLUNTARILY AND HE WAS GRATEFUL TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR BEING SO KIND TO HIM.
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