TNAG-2064-FCO40-2942-Vietnamese-boat-people-and-China-1990 — Page 114

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them together with the CII to (

where they stayed for another one month awaiting remittance from NUNG's

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father, When THAM got his US $1,500, he took the group to ZHENG JIANG 湛 ) on 8-12-1989. They reached TAI PING(t I at 1400 hrs. on 9-12-1989 where they stayed overnight. THAM taught them

江 ) to reach Hong Kong. They departed TAI PING at 0600 hrs. on 10-12-1989 and arrived Hong Kong in the afternoon on the same day.

to steer the boat at SE direction along ZHU JIANG River (

Group II

The CII (嚴芝强

I joined Group I at DONG XING under the arrangement made by THAM MINH TUNG ( 沈

松 He was refused permission to land pending repatriation to China.

Additional Information

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3.

1 had knowledge of the screening policy through letter/hearsay.

None had knowledge of the mandatory/forced repatriation.

All would write back to Vietnam.

4. No idea of the Sino-Vietnamese border was tightened.

5. 5 stopovers in China.

6.

No unaccompanied minor on this boat.

7.

1 ex-serviceman in his boat, he was also a former policeman.

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They chose to come to Hong Kong because it was safer to travel on land and they could avoid the pirates at high sea.

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