public security officials that followed Mr. Ho's visit and the absurd account of my mother's and brother's statements portrayed in Mr. Ho's Affidavit, I fear he has been grievously misled.
Had Mr. Ho been sufficiently apprised of our claims and the record of interview as recorded by the Immigration Officer in my case, he would have known that my mother and brother could have had almost no personal knowledge of the lives of my family as they fled Hanoi during the anti-Chinese campaign of 1978 and did not return before we escaped to Hong Kong. Thus, his efforts were a waste of effort.
5. Sadly, worse than his wasted effort, I fear that all he has achieved is to link in the eyes of the public security officials my mother and brother to the situation in which my family and I found ourselves and which necessitated our escape to Hong Kong. He has thereby placed them in jeopardy and I now fear greatly for their well-being. But for this visit the authorities might have had little reason to connect my mother and brother to us as we had been separated for so long. Now, however, I fear my mother and brother will face the same wrath as we did.
6. Our own position has also been worsened. If my family and I are sent back to Vietnam, the public security officials will be well prepared for us and I tremble to think what view they are taking of our having apparently caused the British Embassy and its officials to become involved in interviewing Vietnamese residents to assist us in establishing our claim that we were persecuted and fear persecution in Vietnam.
7. Further, based on my mother's and brother's report of the visit by the public security officials that followed Mr. Ho's visit, and Mr. Cromwell's report of their reaction to it, I particularly fear that public security officials' interest in the lives of my husband, children and myself may now be more aggravated and refreshed than it might have been, if we are returned to Vietnam. I am certain that whatever we would face if we are returned to Vietnam has been made worse by the public security officers' knowledge of the British Embassy officials' visit.
8. I ask this Honourable Court to recognise that the events described in the Affidavits of Nguyen Thi Hanh dated 22 March 1993 and Dinh Xuan Son dated 22 March 1993, make it impossible for me to return to Vietnam without fear of persecution.
SWORN at
Victoria Puson
Hong Kong
(identified by Comps No 82376)
this 25 day of March 1993
Before me
R. CLAYPOLE
Commissioner of Oaths-
Solicitor
Hong Kong
Just
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