uc Thai Nguyen was the only police officer without any family or friends at his attestation parade. Now he returns to the ceremonies to welcome other officers of Vietnamese background to the force. RefugeeWeek RefugeeWeek2022
With just a few hours' notice, and aged only 14, Luc boarded a boat and travelled across rough seas for seven days before being rescued by a Norwegian oil carrier, and later taken to a refugee camp in Singapore.Luc Thai Nguyen left Vietnam when he was 14."Our journey on the boat was very very tough ... I thought we weren't going to survive; it was a tiny boat with about 46 people.
"People in Australia were very friendly, very helpful. They gave me a lot; a better life here, an education, and now I've got a government job, a secure job."Luc joined the NSW Police Force 34 years ago and is now a detective sergeant attached to the State Crime Command’s Compliance and Special Projects team.
While he says some members of the public were surprised to meet Asian officers, he never felt targeted by racism and was well-supported by classmates and teachers."But I tried my best, I tried everything, my classmates helped me out and we are still friends today." "When see me in uniform with the rank of detective sergeant, it surprises them, because they've never seen an Asian person hold that rank ... we stay in touch and even if they bump into me on the street they say thank you to this day," he says.
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