Richard Li, My life, my journey (PEOPLE 2023)

Viet vividly remembers that night in 1987 he took his wife and his boys on to the boat to flee their homeland in Vietnam. It was the beginning of a long tough journey but also a blessed one. The first hurdle was their boat got intercepted by the Thai pirates. Everyone was so scared. A couple of pirates saw his three little boys. They felt pity for the refugees. Instead of robbing them, the pirates gave them biscuits and water to continue on their journey.

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