, after a 1672-day reunion,
, the clock is set back to October 22. On the same day, foreign media reported that "Somali pirates have released a batch of 26 Asian hostages, including Chinese crew members, for nearly 5 years in captivity." This is highly consistent with the Chinese crew information that the reporter has been paying attention to. The reporter immediately contacted Yu Suqun, the wife of the kidnapped Chinese crew member Li Bohai. Sister Yu said that “husband has not yet returned home and it is not clear whether the news is true”. Li Bohai's younger brother, Mr. Li, couldn't hide his expectation. He said that "according to the news, there should be news soon." On the evening of the 23rd, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the rescued crew had arrived in Kenya with the assistance of relevant UN agencies. The Chinese government sent a working group to the front to welcome the rescued Chinese crew. The reporter learned that on the 25th, Chinese personnel will enter the country from Guangzhou Baiyun Airport and return home, and then be escorted back to their hometown by the crew members' hometown government departments. In other words, if it goes well, the Chinese crew will be home on the same day!
At 11:00 on the 25th, the reporter arrived in Zhoushan, Zhejiang. After 1 hour and 20 minutes, Li Bohai arrived home.
1672 days and nights, waiting eagerly, the Chinese crew who had been held hostage by Somali pirates for 4 years and 7 months finally reunited with their long-lost family.
During the conversation with Li Bohai’s family, the reporter clearly felt an atmosphere of joy and excitement. The background sound included choked crying and more joyful laughter. Family members of the Li family told reporters that, accompanied by government officials, Li Bohai returned to his home in Zhoushan from Guangzhou via Ningbo, and he was in good spirits. The whole family was very excited. In order to welcome Li Bohai home, relatives from far and near came. Now the family is having a dinner together. I hope I can enjoy this hard-won reunion dinner first. The
restaurant is right next to the hotel where the reporter stayed. As a reporter, after following up on this incident for many years, I really want to rush to meet this person who has never met. But facing the wishes of his family, the reporter chooses to respect.
Chinese compatriots rescued after being kidnapped by Somali pirates arrived safely at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. Xinhua News Agency
"I was hijacked by Somali pirates"
According to Li's hometown father and elders, Li's family is poor and his family depends on the sea for food. The three brothers, the eldest brother is nearly 60 years old, and is also a crew member. Li Bohai is the second child, 48 years old this year. The third brother is 2 years younger than Li Bohai, and he is engaged in aquatic product processing industry. The three brothers have a good relationship, and the family is happy.
On the 26th, the day after the rescued Chinese crew returned home, Li Bohai’s younger brother, Mr. Li, arrived at the hotel where the reporter stayed on time. With red eyes, he recounted the dark days.
Considering that the older brother is very old, the burden of taking care of the family falls on the second brother Li Bohai's family. Li Bohai originally worked in a fishing boat company in Zhoushan. After getting the marine engineering certificate, he was introduced to the fishing boat "NAHAM3" invested by the Taiwanese shipowner in order to seek better development. Unexpectedly, a phone call on March 26, 2012 broke the calm and cast a shadow on the family ever since. "I was hijacked by Somali pirates!" While the phone was still working, Li Bohai gave his wife Yu Suqun the last call before being imprisoned.
"My sister-in-law feels that the sky is falling!" Mr. Li said, "My brother is a source of income for the family, and my sister-in-law does not have a formal job. He usually helps others to see the store to earn some living expenses. At the time, my niece was preparing for the college entrance examination, and my mother was almost 80. My body is not well, and the burden at home is very heavy. My sister-in-law was trying to make a living while hiding the old man and daughter, and she carried it all by herself." The unknowing mother Li often blamed her second son for being ignorant and even made a phone call. Don't fight home. It is a good thing that the villagers told the old lady that "your son was captured by the pirates". The old lady didn't believe it and blamed others for "cursing". On September 29, 2014, Mother Li, who prayed for the blessing of the Bodhisattva, still failed to wait for her second child to call, and died.
"The motherland will not abandon you"
At noon on the 25th, the Li family stood at the door excitedly waiting anxiously. As soon as Li Bohai got out of the car, the whole family hugged and cried. "My brother has become unrecognizable, the local accent has changed, and his temple hair has deteriorated." Mr. Li choked and said, "Too sad."
Although the family carefully avoided mentioning the tragic experience of being imprisoned by Somali pirates, the few details that Li Bohai accidentally revealed showed the barbarism of the pirates. "Sleeping on the muddy ground in the mountains of Africa" "No food or salt" "Pirates armed with guns and guarded, may die at any time"In an equatorial country with a high temperature of more than 40 degrees, I only give a glass of water a day for washing and drinking."...It is said that the crew members who died of illness caused their necks to grow in the afternoon and become unconscious at night because of eating food randomly.
Two years ago, Mr. Li once sent a photo of Li Bohai to the reporter. In the photo, he was full of eyebrows and full of energy. In the words of Mr. Li, "My brother was handsome and handsome." But when the reporter saw the hostage rescued In the photo, I didn't find who Li Bohai was. After Mr. Li pointed it out, the reporter felt a real pain. His skinny and dark brow furrowed, as if he could read his story from the past 4 years and 7 months from his appearance and posture.
"Our family sincerely thank the party and government. As the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, rescuing hostages is a complicated and long process, and the country will not give up any compatriot. During the entire interview process, Mr. Li repeated these words four or five times. Mr. Li told reporters that the local government also gave Li family a lot of help during his brother’s imprisonment. After his brother’s release, including Zhoushan Putuo District, including Leaders at all levels came to express their condolences and felt very warm. During his imprisonment, Li Bohai had the opportunity to call the Chinese Embassy. The embassy staff comforted him and said, "The motherland will not abandon you" and "Please wait patiently." According to Li Bohai, this “promise from the motherland” is like a sacred faith that supports him to “live well” and “go home alive.”
Somali pirates once sent photos of hostages to prove that they are still alive.
Chinese crew members are in danger, affecting Zhoushan citizens
The reporter found that Zhoushan citizens were particularly concerned about the rescue of Chinese crew members. At the port of Shenjiamen Wharf, a crew member told reporters that most Zhoushan people ate by the sea, which has also happened before. There have been incidents of crew members being captured, but every time the motherland and the government can come forward to solve them, it makes us feel very practical. There are also Zhoushan citizens who heard that reporters were going to report on Chinese crew members, so they ran home to pick up the Zhoushan Evening News and give it to us. Reporter, I hope that the newspaper’s continuous reports can be useful to reporters.
Speaking of the next plan, Mr. Li said, “I hope my brother can forget the past and embrace the future. Take care of yourself first, then find a stable job and live a good life.” According to Mr. Li, Li Bohai, who had just returned home, was obviously a little uncomfortable and needed time to recuperate, which made it inconvenient for reporters to interview. Sister Yu told reporters that he came from home I have a lot of guests, and I will return to the island in a few days to vouch for it. Every day is very busy. According to the reporter’s understanding, the released Chinese crew members in Sichuan, Henan and other places have also returned to their hometowns to reunite with their families. This operation of
, Let the Taiwan authorities be speechless!
In this moving rescue operation, the testimony of one of the rescued crew members’ family members has aroused strong attention from the Taiwan media, especially the irritation of the Taiwan independence media. ……
Because the rescued crew member was a Taiwanese fisherman, but his family was grateful to the mainland government agency!
The lady in the picture above is one of the nine Chinese crew members rescued this time. The wife of a Taiwanese crew member named Shen Ruizhang is named Yang Xiuhui. In her long list of thanks, there are mainland government departments such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, as well as Taiwanese Kuomintang "legislators" such as Cai Zhengyuan, and more There are a large number of well-intentioned business people who raise money to redeem people, but there is only no official department in Taiwan.
But the problem is that this fishing boat, which was hijacked by pirates in Somalia in 2012, belongs to a company in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The owner is even more so. An authentic Taiwanese named Hong Kaohsiung.
This is why, in a video proving that the kidnapped crew members were alive in 2014, Shen Ruizhang from Taiwan angered the Taiwan authorities for not being saved. , And stated that it was Hong Kaohsiung’s company that asked them to go fishing in Somalia.
Of course, the Taiwan authorities gave them a very “full” excuse for not being saved, and they are still using these today. "Pretend garlic" and shirk their responsibilities. What excuse is
?
1. They think that although this fishing boat is owned by a Taiwanese company, its "ship" is Oman, and it also has the national flag of Oman, so if it is rescued, it will Let the international community misunderstand that Taiwan is evading fishing restrictions through foreign fishing boats.
2, saving people violates the international anti-terrorism principle-cannot compromise with the kidnappers.
3, there is no relevant planCount
4, the fishing boat itself caused trouble. The government has reminded
what Taiwan’s former "Culture Minister" Long Yingtai said in a speech at Peking University: "I don't care about the rise of a big country, only the dignity of the people." This sentence not only caused the collective worship of certain domestic "intellectuals", but was also regarded by Taiwan as a "universal sentiment" that can be used to overlook the mainland.
What can be slapped is that reality has proven time and time again that protecting the dignity of the citizen and the "national dignity" of Taiwan has become more and more contradictory-every time the citizen is in danger, the "national dignity of Taiwan" will cost his life. Nothing, the dignity of Xiaomin can only rely on the rising and powerful motherland.
From Libya to the earthquake in Nepal, to the rescue of the Somali crew, the People’s Republic of China has rescued Taiwan compatriots from danger.
However, in our large-scale evacuation operation in Libya in 2011, the focus of Taiwan independence media reports such as "Free X" was actually still advocating the worthless "sovereignty" of "Taiwan".
Even if some of the rescued Taiwanese were interviewed by media with Taiwan independence background, they all said they were "wronged" or "national character" was "dwarfed", but they were very clear in their hearts: when they encountered major events abroad , It only works if you find the Chinese Embassy!
The picture shows a Taiwanese who received assistance from the mainland during the Nepal earthquake. Afterwards, he had no subjective position on the Taiwan independence media "Sanli TV". The reality is that it will use facts to teach people that the rise of a great power and the dignity of the people are never a contradiction. Body, especially for the most ordinary people who can only rely on national power for relief and protection.
Longyingtai people do not need to venture to Chongzhibird Reef to fish, nor do they need to go to the Indian Ocean to discuss life alone, nor do they need to go to unstable and backward areas to undertake projects. They only need to say a few witty words on the podium, and they can obtain the connections and capital to protect their wealth without the "rise of the great power". Can they represent the dignity of the people? Please think twice before applauding and cheering.
However, whether you applaud for Long Yingtai or not, the motherland will still go all out for you in an invisible place.
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Author: XING Xiao Jing, upright brother, etc., transferred from the Global Times;
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