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The Chronicle Telegram in Elyria, Ohio

22 Jun 1993

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The Chronicle Telegram

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Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

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Jun 22, 1993

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One Man's Nightmare From Fujian to New York

Wong Li, a Fujian native, recounts his perilous journey to the United States aboard a crowded freighter and his subsequent kidnapping, imprisonment, and forced labor in New York Chinatown. He describes the brutal tactics of snakehead smugglers, heavy debt, and the struggle to find steady work amid a flood of immigrants.

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Deadly voyage of smuggler ships to US shores

Report notes multiple illegal Chinese migrants aboard vessels such as the Manyoshi Maru and Chin Wing. Passengers faced near-starvation, unsanitary holds, and disease with several vessels running low on fuel while crews reportedly abused detainees, including claimed rapes aboard a boat bound for Mexico.

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