First Vietnamese Victorian MP Warns Australia Is Heading Towards ‘Big Government’
Liberal MP Trung Luu escaped to Australia 44 years ago in search of freedom, but he now says the country he adopted now risks adopting a more authoritarian government.
The first Australian-Vietnamese MP in the Victorian Parliament, Luu’s family was among thousands of refugees fleeing communist Vietnam after the fall of Saigon, with nothing but the clothes on their backs.
He recalled his family’s sea journey stretching seven days and nights on an overcrowded and stricken boat, with threats of pirates and a shortage of water.
“On the journey, we encountered sea pirates, they basically board your boats and took advantage of the situation. In some situations, people get killed, some of the females got raped,” he told The Epoch Times, “The pirates just take all your belongings [and] personal jewels.”…