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Mai and Hung, Vietnamese boat people, Part 1
- Description
Audio depicts interview with Mai and Hung by Stuart Birks. Part 1 of 2, featuring: Decision to leave Vietnam. After 1975 moved from Hue to Saigon for 4 years, but no future there. The successful journey. First attempt, caught and imprisoned. Second time just 5 oldest children. Claimed to be Chinese. Pirates, 3 encounters. Pirates gave them water. Got to Malaysian island, there for a month (330 people from their boat, 13m x 3m).
Identification
- Object type
- Audio
- Date
- February 27, 2021