ERIGATION DEPARTMEUT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Berial Ilo.
1193
Imm.
Total
Description
Ref. VRD
on
Port of Embarkation
of vessel
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
Board
in VN
Vietnamese
N/A
1
HO CHI MINH
S.VN.
28-12-89 at 1035 hrs
Chinese
:
1
27/90
Breakdown
M 1 W
Б
G
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HQ*XXXX
Family Composition
Families
Personal Effects
Individuals 1
10-3-1990
Knowledge of
Detention Centre
Policy
↑orth Central South YES/NO
Source
(BBC) Radio broadcast/ R**********/
Arrival Date
Date of Reg.
8-3-1990
Simple clothing and belongings VN' - issued papers
Remarks
1. Believed to
be former
VN resident
2. Had stopped
over China/
3. xxxxin
Κατκαι
XXXKKA.
Description of Voyage
Foatmaster : PHUNG VINH TINH
As he was
This was the informant's second attempt of escape. familiar with the land routing from Vietnam to China, he just left his home town, HO CHI MINH, alone on 28-12-89 carrying a total sum of one tael of gold, US dollar 36, and 40,000 Dongs. He arrived at HA NOI by train on 31-12-89 and subsequently came to HAI NINH where he stayed for
At last, nearly a month because he could not meet a trustworthy courier. he met a Chinese male who promised to lead him to China. He was ordered to disguise himself as a merchant and went through the check points of Sing-Vietnamese border with a group of traders. When he came to DONG XING (東興 ), he had to rest until 1-3-90 because of illness. Later, he was introduced to another courier called AH CHAO (
) who escorted him to GUANG ZHOU (A) by bus at 0.6 tael of gold. Without any rest, he proceeded to HUI DONG (
) and stayed at the courier's
home awaiting chance of escape. It was not until 6-3-90, did he come to a port where he had to wait till 2000 hrs. of the following day. Then he
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