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12. THE COURT WAS TOLD. THAT WHEN THE HUEY FONG ARRIVED OFF THE VIETNAM COAST LAST DECEMBER TO PICK UP THE REFUGEES, IT WAS MET BY A LIAISON GROUP ABOARD A GUNBOAT SEMI-COLON AMONG THE GROUP WAS A HIGH-RANKING VIETNAM OFFICIAL'. ANOTHER MAN FREQUENTLY MENTIONED IN EVIDENCE ABOUT THE VIETNAM END OF THE OPERATION ''UNCLE KWONG'', OR KWONG SHUK WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN A ''POWERFUL FIGURE'' IN WESTER NVIETNAN, WITH A RECORD OF HAVING ACTED AS A VIET CONG PAYMASTER IN ''PRE-LIBERATION' DAYS.
13. NOT APPEARING IN THE DOCK, BUT FEATURING AS A KEY PROSECUTION WITNESS AFTER BEING GRANTED IMMUNITY, WAS ANOTHER BUSINESSMAN'' KWOK WAH-LEUNG, ALSO REFERRED TO AS 'KWOK THE DWARF '' HE GAVE TESTIMONY ON HOW, IN LIAISON WITH THE VIETNAM AUTHORITIES OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, HE ARRANGED WITH A TAIWAN SHIPPING COMPANY FOR THE NUEY FONG TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE OPERATION,
14. THE EXTENT OF THE VIETNAM GOVERNMENT'S FINANCIAL STAKE IN THE ENTERPRISE BECAME APPARENT WHEN PROSECUTING COUNSEL PETER DUNCAN OPENED THE CROWN CASE ON JUNE 7.
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15. OUTLINING THE STORY OF THE HUEY FONG'S 'JOURNEY OF DECEIT"
HE SAID THAT THE VIETNAMESE REGIME ALLOWED THE REFUGEES TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY ON PAYMENT OF 12 TAELS OF GOLD EACH, WITH 10 OF THOSE
TAELS GOING TO THE AUTHORITIES AND THE OTHER TWO EARMARKED FOR THE FINANCING OF THE VOYAGE,
16, WITH THE TAEL AT THAT TIME WORTH MORE THAN £100 STERLING, IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT THE VIETNAM GOVERNMENT STOOD TO MAKE £2 MILLION FROM THIS 'CONSIGNMENT**, OVER AND ABOVE CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY AND OTHER EXACTIONS.
17. MR DUNCAN DESCRIBED HOW, IN CONSPIRING TO PRETEND THAT THE HUEY FONG WOULD PICK UP THE REFUGEES AS PEOPLE IN DISTRESS ON THE HIGH SEAS, THE VIETNAM AUTHORITIES AND SOME OF THE ACCUSED WORKED OUT A CODE FOR USE IN TELEPHONE AND CABLE COMMUNICATIONS.
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