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Title:

"Hunger strike over treatment of Vietnamese refugees"

Date:
May 9, 1980

Synopsis

Reporter Stan Chambers covers a hunger strike held by Vietnamese Americans who want the Thai government to end the inhumane treatment and economic exploitation of Vietnamese refugees (also referred to as "boat people") in the South China Sea.

Note: The KTLA newsfilm collection at UCLA consists of cut and unedited stories, outtakes and fill footage, originally shot on 16mm reversal film stock with magnetic soundtrack. Some footage, particularly material not used for broadcast, may be without sound.


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