Thai Pirates: Vietnamese Immigrants and China Sea

thai pirates: The family was Yarmouth's first Vietnamese immigrants, arriving in 1979 after a tumultuous escape, according to The Chronicle Herald. Hung, Loi and Phong, their three-year-old daughter, escaped from Vietnam that April via the South China Sea. On Sept. 1, Hung and Loi Le returned to Yarmouth after two decades away to reunite with those friends. They encountered Thai pirates who took nearly all of their belongings. They did not want to see us die in that ocean, said Hung. In a moment of compassion, the pirates told the family a big thunderstorm was on the way and that they should take refuge in their boat. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.