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Convicted Vietnam refugee fights deportation after 30 years in Hong Kong

by AFP14:19, 4 May 202014:46, 4 May 2020

by Su Xinqi Three decades after he landed on Hong Kong shores as a child refugee, Vo Van Hung is fighting efforts to deport him to Vietnam now that he has finished a lengthy jail sentence — for murder. Vietnam’s “boat people” exodus subsided years ago. But Vo, 41, is one of just a handful […]

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