IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.
Arrival Date
Date of Reg.
1248
4-5-1990
5-5-1990
Iman. Ref. VRD
Total
Description
on
Port of Embarkation
of vessel
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
Board
in VN
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
82/90
Chinese type
48
wooden sailing
junk installed
with two
engines (12 h.p.
& 15 h.p.)
Measurement
10m x 2m
HỌ CHI MINH CITY, 11-490
S.VN.
North Central South Yes/**
Believed
1.
at 0800 hrs.
Vietnamese
:
Chinese
Breakdown
M 21 W 11 8
B
8 Hearsay/T.V.
Family Composition
Families 9
Individuals 14
Personal Effects
Source
48 *****************
*****/Letter/
to be
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped over China/
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Description of Voyage
Simple clothing and belongings VN issued papers
Boatmaster
:
PHUNG A SANG
This junk has not been towed
to GIRC.
No photo is available.
The participants were either relatives or friends. They travelled in small groups all the way long. All groups left HO CHI MINH CITY by train. They passed HANOI and arrived at HONG GAI in three days. At HONG GAI, some of them employed the locals to guide them to DONG XING (
) at a price
of $120,000 Dongs per adult. The rest tried their luck at the border and the majority crossed the border by small boats at a fare of RMB $0.5 or $2,000 Dongs per head. Several of them had been stopped by V.N. officials though they were let go to China after body search. All the valuables found were inpounded. It took them nine days to gather again at DONG XING HUA QIAO LU SHE (FRIK
There, they met three ECVS who agreed to escort them to TAT PING. The couriers wer NGO TOAN THANG, NGO TUC TE (2/22-24 ) and NGO A NAME ) and they BRIGATE #1 ( a) f (x ? # by k m ). The escapees had waited five days at NA LI HUA QIAO FARM for onward arrangements. They then travelled
residents in NA LI HUA QIÃO FARM
t
/to
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