262:, which he believed did not give equal standing to southern sympathizers. Not helping matters was the imprisonment of two of his brothers in the reeducation camps. While it was supposed to last only thirty days, the imprisonment of his younger brother, Bich, a director at the National Bank, was prolonged, and he was released only after many months of lobbying on the part of Tảng. The older brother, Quynh, a doctor who worked with the Health Ministry, was moved to a high security camp in the north where he was incarcerated at least until 1985.
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earlier). After his wife paid a US$ 5,000 (US$ 48,342 in 2024) bribe to the South
Vietnamese military tribunal, Tảng was sentenced to just two years, which were then suspended. His arrest did not stop Tảng's activities and he continued his urban organizing of anti-government forces before being arrested a second time.
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the busy shipping lanes. However, none of the freighters would stop to pick them up, and they drifted further and further south. They were attacked by Thai pirates, who stole money and valuables from the passengers but let the boat continue on. Their boat travelled almost to
Indonesia before coming across an
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209:. His position as corporate executive gave him access to the ruling circle and he could easily recruit non-communist anti-government people. Through this time he became close friends with co-conspirator
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