TNAG-1905-FCO40-2709-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-voluntary-and-mandatory-repat-1989 — Page 427

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YOUR TELNO 993 AND HANOI TELNO 240: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION

UNHCR'S PROTECTION OFFICERS HAVE SPOKEN TO BOTH HOANG VAN SOP AND PHUNG VAN UT. THEY HAVE WITHDRAWN THEIR APPLICATIONS TO RETURN TO VIETNAM. HOWEVER, HOANG VAN SOP HAS ASKED UNHCR TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF PUNISHMENT HE MIGHT RECEIVE SHOULD HE RETURN. THE IMPLICAT- ION IS THAT IF HE CONSIDERS THE PUNISHMENT TO BE REASONABLE, HE MIGHT CHANGE HIS MIND AGAIN AT A LATER DATE.

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