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On October 24, 2019, 39 bodies were found in a lorry container in Essex, England
On October 24, 2019 (September 26, 2019 lunar calendar), 39 bodies were found in a truck container in Essex, England. On October 24, 2019, according to the British "Sky News" report, the British police confirmed the 39 bodies found in a truck container in Essex. The Essex police issued a statement on the evening of November 1 saying that the police currently believe that the 39 victims of the truck massacre last month were all Vietnamese. The case is reminiscent of the 2000 British "Dover Smuggling Case", when 58 stowaways from China died in a truck from Belgium to the UK. The bodies of 38 adults and a teenager were found inside a lorry container at the Watergrad Industrial Park in Grays, Essex, on October 23. The cause of death is believed to have been freezing. The lorry trailer was registered in Varna, Bulgaria, and then entered Purfleet, Essex, England, from Zeebrugge, Belgium. The Belgian government said the container departed from the port of Zeebrugge at 2.49pm local time on October 22 and arrived in the UK around midnight. Route map of the lorry's journey The Belgian prosecutor's office said it was unclear when and where the victims were placed in the container. Surveillance shows the van was driven towards the industrial park at 1.10am, half an hour before Essex Police were called to the scene. MoRobinson, a 25-year-old driver from Northern Ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. MoRobinson, the driver, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police have raided two addresses in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, and are believed to be in contact with the driver. The National Crime Investigation Agency is investigating whether a people smuggling ring was behind the scenes. The specific identities of the victims are yet to be confirmed by police, but they are all reported to be Chinese nationals. Sources close to Irish police said the truck's freezer temperature had been turned on and could have dropped to -25C, thus leaving the people inside with "no chance of survival". Even if the trailer did not have a freezer temperature, the victim could have died as the oxygen slowly ran out. The use of refrigerated vans to smuggle migrants into the UK has become a trend. Thermal cameras used in British ports are unable to detect people hiding inside the trucks due to the cold temperatures. 2000 "Dover Smuggling Case" In June 2000, customs officers at the Port of Dover in Kent, England, discovered the bodies of 58 Chinese Fujian stowaways in a truck-sealed container. Today in History has previously documented, http://www.lssdjt.com/d/20000602.htm. They may die of asphyxiation after being trapped in the container for more than 18 hours. Perry Wacker, a Dutch truck driver, has been jailed for 14 years for homicide for his part in a smuggling operation involving a Chinese human snake syndicate. A Hong Kong court found that 29-year-old "smuggler" Lam Hip Kit had been playing a key role in the operation and had forged passports, the media reported. Hours after the 58 bodies were found, two sums of money totaling 2.70 million Hong Kong dollars were deposited into Lam's bank account. The court found Lam guilty of two counts of money laundering and two counts of possession of illegally obtained passports and sentenced him to four years in prison.


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