TNAG-2066-FCO40-2944-Vietnamese-boat-people-and-China-1990 — Page 119

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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/

XXXXXX

***********

XXXXXX

*******

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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