TNAG-2066-FCO40-2944-Vietnamese-boat-people-and-China-1990 — Page 62

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TMMICPATTON DEPLETIDENT

First Information on arrival of Vietnamese Boat People

Serial No.

Arrival Date

Date of Reg.

1258

11-5-1990

11-5-1990

Jaun Ref. VRD

on

of vessel

Board

Total

Description

Port of Embarkation

Sailing

Date

Description of Boat People

in VN

Knowledge of Detention Centre

Policy

Remarks

North Central South xxx/No

1. Believed

Chinese type

14

wooden fishing

HỌ CHI MINH CITY

S.VN.

junk installed

2-5-90

at 0800 hrs

Vietnamese :

Source

to be

former VN residents.

Chinese

14

Rexxxxxxxxxxxxx

a 9 h.p.

2.

Had stopped

engine.

Breakdown

M 4 8 B 1 1

92/90

Family Composition

Families

3

Individuals 8

Measurement

5m x 1.2m

over China/

Maxxxx

Xxxxxxxxxing

Baboxxx

Personal Effects :

xxxvxeck.

Description of Voyage

Simple clothing and belongings VN - issued papers

Boatmaster

TRAN THIEU VAN

The junk has not been towed

to GIRC. No photo is available.

The trip was organized by a 40 years old ECV/M courier called "INH" and these 12 persons were charged with 0.2 tael of gold per head for escort service. They left HO CHI MINH CITY on 2-5-1990 by train and arrived at HONG GAI via HA NOI on 4-5-90. After having one night is rest, they then proceeded to HAI NINH and the courier left them. At the Sino-Vietnamese border, they were intercepted by 2 VN police officers of unknown name.

As claiming to visit

relatives in China, they were then let go but with all their gold impounded.

) by boat and each one was charged

They later travelled to DONG XING (

with $500 - $5,000 Dongs. They stayed at the DONG XING HUA QIAO LU SHE (

旅 ) until 8-5-90 and were met by 3 ECV/M, "BIEU", "NHU" and "SINH"

who were 30-40 of age. These 3 couriers promised to lead them to Hong Kong and collected $700 $1,000 RMB from each of them. They then went eastward At TAI PING a to TAI PING q ) via FANG CHENG (X) by bus. fishing junk was bought from a local folk at the cost of $12,000 RMB and they set sail on 10-5-90 at 1500 hrs. Finally, they reached Hong Kong on the next day without touching Macao.

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