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Originally Posted by nono1973
On September 2, 1996, the tragic mass suicide ensued. The UNHCR decided to close down the refugee camp and deported the remaining refugees to Vietnam as no third countries were willing to accept them. More cases of suicide were listed below.
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From what I heard, before they kill themselves, they killed their love ones, their children. They have no hope left. They rather die than to go back to Vietnam. And they leave with their families. The exact numbers are not known.
The prison guards rape is a common thing, and much terror is committed there. Beatings to men are common as well.
As for stories in the seas, it is more horrifying. I heard of the orders given by the military ( SAF) that any ship that comes near, they are to be towed out to the sea, and they have to fend for themselves. No food or what so ever help must be given to them.
Other ships are not so lucky, either they sink, or throw the death into the seas, or worse, they meet with pirates.
In retrospect, it is clearly a very sad event and this place serves as a reminder of how cruel war can be.