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THE BRIGHT lights of Lions Gate Bridge illuminate the entrance to Burrard Inlet on a re-

cent evening.

Three stowaways attempt swim to shore;
one body found near Lighthouse Park

A DESPERATE bid for a new life in Canada went deadly
wrong for at feast one of three men who jumped ship
earlier this week from a Chinese freighter moored in the
Vancouver harbor off West Vancouver.

A woman walking at Pilot Cove
near Lighthouse Park discovered
the body of a man floating in the
water Wednesday.

West Vancouver Police found
an Oriental male, approximately
25 years of age.

Investigators also found a life
preserver from the Panamanian-
registered freighter MLV. Yick
Lee, anchored in the harbor since
Monday.

Said West Vancouver
Detective Colin) McKay,

Police
They

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By Michael Becker
News Reporter

took one of the life preservers, the
and some plastic bags that
filled with air and tied

with bits of string and

rope. They'd placed their clothing
inside one of them — three dif-
ferent sets of clothing and three
different sets of shoes of different
sizes and three different sets of

identification.”

According to MekKay, the cap-

where the three men had stayed
aboard ship. ‘1 don’t think they
(the crew) are going to say loo
much,"’ Said MecRKay.

A coroner has vet to determine
what caused the death of the man.
The body of che man had not

been in the water for a lengthy
period of time.

Added McKay, ‘We're just try-
ing to identify who they are,
where they came from. There are
no real suspicious circumstances,
ir’s possible another couple of
bodies may show up.”

tain of the freighter reports that
all of the ship's crew is accounted en
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hip jumpers were
likely stowaw who attempted
their swim to shore some time
Tuesday evening or early Wed-
nesday morning.

The dead man has yet to
positively identified. ‘We've
ed the Chinese consulate for some

istance — it’s just picture 1D."

id McKay.

Jhe last port of call for the
Yick Lee was the Chinese port of
Zhanjiang, located on the South
China Sea coast, west of Hong
Kong.

Police

for. The three

have no indication of

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