Liberal MP Trung Luu escaped to Australia 44 years ago in search of freedom, but he said the country that had granted him a safe haven is leaning towards a more authoritarian style of government, despite still maintaining a democratic political system.
The first Australian-Vietnamese Liberal member of the Victorian parliament, Luu’s family was amongst the thousands of refugees fleeing communist Vietnam following the fall of Saigon, with nothing but the clothes on their backs.
Speaking to The Epoch Times, he recalled his family’s looming sea journey stretching seven days and nights on an overcrowded and stricken boat, with threats of pirates and a shortage of water….