Pro-democracy activist Chau Van Kham says he wasn’t afraid of dying in a Vietnamese jail, knowing his supporters in Australia would never give up on him.
The joyous face of his most staunch advocate, wife Quynh Trang Truong, was the first he saw when he came through the arrival gates at Sydney Airport on Tuesday.
“It was like I just married her, it was like the first time I’d met her,” Mr. Chau told reporters on Thursday.
“I was so happy.
“(I said) I am very sorry, my darling, I did something wrong, but you know me.”
In his first comments since returning to Australia, the 74-year-old thanked everyone, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who advocated for him throughout his four-and-a-half-year ordeal….