Freedom swimmers' from China to Hong Kong who braved deadly waters, and police officers assigned to catch and return them, recall dark days

‘Freedom swimmers’ who made the treacherous journey from China to Hong Kong during the the Cultural Revolution, and police officers assigned to catch them, recall those dark days.
First published in 1903, South China Morning Post is Hong Kong’s premier English language newspaper and has the city’s most affluent and influential readership. With a reputation for authoritative, influential and independent reporting on Hong Kong and China. The newspaper is supported with its online publication and its Sunday edition, Sunday Morning Post.
It was about midnight when Poon Yuen-ching and her fiancé, Lo Ping-sum, stood at the edge of Deep Bay. Some 5km (3 miles) away, across the cold waters, the prospect of a married life in the British colony of Hong Kong awaited, free from the poverty and political turmoil wrought by China’s Cultural Revolution.
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