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Article: The sorry tale of the Chin Wing 18. (ship attempting to smuggle illegal immigrants into the US) (Cover Story)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- June 21, 1993
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For Jiann-Tzong Tsay, the first sign of trouble came when the engine stopped. The Chin Wing 18 was just three days out of Taiwan on a passage to Haiti. So thought Tsay, anyway. Standing on deck, he could see the lights of Hong Kong. The detour was a mystery.
Not for long, though. When the speedboats converged on the Chin Wing, everything soon became clear. In the dark, people--150 passengers in all--began clambering aboard the 110-foot trawler. This would not be quite the trip that crewman Jiann-Tzong Tsay had signed on for.
Nearly five months later, when a U.S. Coast Guard cutter trained its searchlight on the Chin Wing, the ship was listing badly 20 miles ...
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