TNAG-1090-FCO40-1340-Illegal-immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-of-refugees-orig-1981 — Page 66

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Source was a 25 year old ethnic Chinese male born in Haiphong, Northern Vietnam, and who migrated with six family members to China by train via Hekou, Yunnan Province, in April 1978. He estimated that about 1,000 migrants were on the train.

He was sent with his wife and child to Dawang Overseas Chinese Farm, Sihui County, Guangdong Province where, in early 1981 he heard that two boats with Vietnamese Chinese passengers had escaped from Jingkou (6635/0656), Sanshui County (an the Beijiang) to Macau (no further details). They had sent letters back to relatives on Dawang Farm. This prompted Source to organise his own departure group comprising himself, wife, child, and members of two other Vietnamese Chinese families at Dawang, 16 persons in all, to go to Macau.

The Escape from China

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On 24th March 1981 Source and two friends went to Huangtang (7806/1048), between Lubao (5700/5383) and Mafang (7456/2075), where they found a fisherman who was willing to sell his river fishing boat for RMB 530. (no further details).

They returned to their village, No.5 Production Brigade, Xingl ung District,Dawang Overseas Chinese Farm, collected their families, raised the necessary funds, and the same evening returned to Huangtang and cast off down the Xijiang (West River). They travelled down streams and tributaries as much as possible, but were checked at four "sentry posts", though allowed to continue when it was established that they were Vietnamese Chinese.

Reaching Macau on 27th March, they sank their boat in order to be taken ashore, and gave untruthful answers to Macau police questions (no details).

Source

Source reported that a group of 22 Vietnamese Chinese had bought a boat at Datang (1129/1048), on the Beijiang (North River), with the intention of going to Macau in the fairly near future.

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