Source: Shandong Business Daily
Shandong Business Daily And Leopard News Network reporter Xu Xiaoyang
On the evening of January 17, the reporter received a doctoral degree from Chinese Min University
Zhao's helpline,
Zhao said that his parents were involved in agricultural assistance in Tonga.
After the tsunami triggered by the volcanic eruption in Tonga on the morning of the 15th,
Both parents are currently missing.
The classmate tried several times to contact his parents, but without success.
Zhao told the Shandong Business Daily And Speed Leopard News Network reporter that his parents are professors and associate professors of the College of Agriculture of Liaocheng University, who went to Tonga College in January 2020 to participate in agricultural support, and originally planned to return to China in December 2021, but have not been able to return due to the epidemic.
"On January 14th, my father told me that he had seen a tsunami forecast, and I reminded them to be safe and not to go out. On the 15th, I chatted with them on WeChat around 11 a.m. They usually have classes in the morning, and at 4:23 p.m. I called my mother again on WeChat, but no one answered. After that, there was no more news. Zhao repeatedly left messages for his parents on WeChat, but he never waited for news.
On the 14th and 15th local time, a submarine volcano in the South Pacific island country of Tonga erupted violently for two consecutive times and caused a tsunami, and many countries around the Pacific issued tsunami warnings. The tsunami caused local communications in Tonga to be interrupted.
"Since my parents did not apply for a local phone number, we have been in contact with WeChat for the past two years, and after the incident, I called WeChat and their mobile phones were not connected." Zhao told the Shandong Business Daily And Leopard News Network reporter that his father Zhao Peibao is 53 years old and his mother Ren Aizhi is 54 years old. Aid to Tonga is a support team in Liaocheng, of which there are three university teachers in Liaocheng and two of Zhao's parents. "I also contacted Liaocheng University, and the other party can't contact the support team for the time being." Zhao said.
According to Zhao, his parents live in Tonganuku'alofa, renting a two-story house in tonganou, and his parents live on the second floor, and the house is only about two kilometers from the sea. "Now I'm just myself at home, I'm scared and anxious, I just hope they're safe now."
On the evening of January 17, the reporter of Shandong Business Daily And Speed Leopard News Network contacted the Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by phone, and the staff registered the information of Zhao's parents and said that they needed to call Zhao himself to confirm the registration.
Subsequently, the reporter sent the phone number of the Global Consular Protection Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Zhao. "Information has been registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Global Consular Protection and Services Emergency Call Center and is awaiting news about them." A few minutes later, Zhao sent a message to the reporter.
After that, the reporter contacted and communicated with the Overseas Chinese Network and the official microblog of the Global Consular Protection Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs @ Consular Express through Weibo about the disappearance of Zhao Peibao and his wife. The reporter learned from the China Overseas Chinese Network that the international Internet in Tonga is still in a state of interruption, and it can only be contacted through satellite phones, but it is only one-way contact. "We can't get in touch at the moment, so we can only wait for the news from the island to report that we are safe." The consular express said that according to the preliminary understanding of the embassy in Tonga, as of 8 p.m. on the 17th, Chinese citizens in the local area are safe, but the call is still in a state of interruption.
Shandong Business Daily And Speed Leopard News Network Editor Zhang Lei Li Ruiqi