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· Bryan Ke
Recent assaults at Boston schools involved students using city-issued Chromebooks as weapons
School officials from the Boston Public Schools district reportedly failed to notify the police about three separate physical assaults that involved school-issued Google Chromebooks. The incidents occurred between April 28 and May 3 at Richard Murphy School in Dorchester, Joyce…
· Michelle De Pacina
Boston Chinatown sexual assault suspect may be linked to another attack on Boston University campus
Edwin Fantauzzi, a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman on Boston’s Harrison Avenue on Saturday, was arrested on Wednesday after a woman riding the T train recognized him and called the police. He reportedly claimed to be an Uber driver and asked to use a bathroom inside a…
· Michelle De Pacina
63-year-old victim of violent robbery is latest in series of assaults against elderly Sikhs in Queens
Kuldip Singh, a 63-year-old Sikh man, was violently beaten during his morning walk at around 10:30 a.m. in Richmond Hill, Queens, on May 8. He fought his attacker but was left with fractures in his right hand, a broken nose, lacerations to the head and bruises from being beaten…
· Michelle De Pacina
Indian police station officer arrested for sexually assaulting teen girl who was reporting sexual assault
A 13-year-old girl, who was allegedly gang raped by four people, was allegedly sexually assaulted again at the police station where she was left by her rapists in India. The teen reached out to an NGO to narrate her ordeal, who then approached the superintendent of police and…
· Bryan Ke
Grand Island man charged with hate crime assault for hitting Asian woman with pool cue
Charles Vacanti, a 46-year-old Grand Island, New York, resident who attacked a woman of Asian descent at a dive bar last month, was arrested on April 20 and charged with one count of assault in the second degree as a hate crime and one count of criminal possession of a weapon in…
· Jane Nam
Thailand’s #MeToo: Top politicians resign over the country’s biggest sexual assault scandal to date
In what some are calling the country’s first #MeToo movement, more than a dozen women have come forward with sexual assault allegations against popular Thai politician Prinn Panitchpakdi. Prinn, 44, immediately resigned from his post as deputy leader of Thailand’s Democrat Party…
· Jane Nam
Alexander Wang’s return to the runway after sexual assault claims is studded with celebrity support
Yesterday night, luxury fashion designer Alexander Wang held his highly anticipated fashion show titled “Fortune City” in the heart of Los Angeles’ Chinatown. Wang’s Fall 2022 “Fortune City” collection paid homage to his Chinese American heritage by celebrating Asian history and…
· Michelle De Pacina
2 Sikh men assaulted and robbed days after another Sikh man punched in the same Queens neighborhood
Two Sikh men, aged 76 and 64, went on a morning walk in Richmond Hill, Queens when two men approached and beat them with their fists and a stick on April 12. One suspect has been arrested while the other suspect is still at large. The New York Police Department (NYPD) are…
· Carl Samson
Repeat offender not charged with assault after beating up Asian victim in NYC robbery
Rasheed Osundairo, 30, allegedly assaulted and robbed 53-year-old Melvin Dizon at a McDonald’s self-service kiosk in Manhattan on Monday. Surveillance footage shows a man punching, kicking and flinging Dizon against a wall before leaving with his phone and wallet. Osundairo was…
· Ryan General
Group of men in India assault woman accused of smoking inside temple
A viral video shows a gang of men berating and slapping a woman in India who was pleading for forgiveness after being accused of smoking inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar City in Punjab. In the Sikh faith, smoking is considered taboo since the tenth Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh,…
· Carl Samson
NYPD releases details of suspect who assaulted 7 Asian women within a 2-hour time span
A man allegedly went on an anti-Asian assault spree in Manhattan on Sunday, targeting seven Asian women in just two hours. The unprovoked attacks occurred across Midtown, Gramercy Park, NoLita and the East Village, according to New York police. Two of the victims received…
· Nathan Burke
NYU student takes to social media to get Campus Safety to act on his assault case
New York University (NYU) Campus Safety has finally sent a campus-wide Safety Alert email addressing an alleged assault on an Asian student, following days of social media pressure from the victim and other student supporters. On Feb. 16, 22-year-old NYU student AJ Sun claimed…
· Carl Samson
Man with 44 prior arrests charged with multiple felonies for brutal assault of Thai model on NYC subway
Warning: This article contains descriptions of violence some readers may find disturbing. A man has been charged in connection with a vicious attack that left a 23-year-old Thai model with a bloodied face in New York City last November.
· Ryan General
South Korean authorities investigating the alleged assault of Chinese student in Busan
South Korean authorities are investigating the alleged assault of a Chinese student at the hands of two Korean men in Busan. Footage of the incident has received widespread attention on social media platforms in China. South Korean investigators have determined that the man was…
· Bryan Ke
Peng Shuai says her sexual assault allegations were a ‘huge misunderstanding’ in rare interview
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai held her first Western media interview since her disappearance in November 2021 with French sports magazine L'Équipe on Sunday at the Chinese Olympic Committee’s hotel in Beijing. The three-time Chinese Olympian said her now-deleted Weibo post was…
· Carl Samson
Judge dismisses charges against Las Vegas man accused of racist assault on boba tea shop owner
Anthony Joseph Dishari was accused of yelling anti-Asian slurs and attacking a boba tea shop owner last month. A Las Vegas Justice Court judge dismissed his charges on Tuesday as prosecutors deemed that Dishari had “a legitimate self-defense claim.” A Las Vegas man accused of…
· Bryan Ke
New Jersey Korean man who was allegedly assaulted with chopsticks by police supervisor settles for $120,000
A former officer of the Palisades Park Police Department has settled a $120,000 lawsuit he filed against his former superior in July 2021. Samuel Kim, who has moved to the Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department, alleged that his previous boss, Lt. Shawn Lee, bullied and harassed him. Kim…
· Maina Chen
A year after NYC brutal hate assault, daughter searches for Good Samaritan who saved her elderly mother’s life
Almost one year after a brutal assault in broad daylight, an elderly Filipina American and her daughter speak out about how it feels to be a hate crime survivor and how the incident changed their lives. As a single mother whose husband passed away several years ago, Vilma Kari…
· Carl Samson
75-year-old Asian woman injured after being tackled to the ground from behind in unprovoked NYC assault
The victim, 75, was tackled to the concrete pavement for no apparent reason. The incident, which was caught on surveillance video, shows the suspect fleeing the scene after shoving the victim. It occurred a day before Korean American Day, when another Korean victim got robbed…
· Ryan General
China tennis star Peng Shuai denies she made sexual assault allegations in new video
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai now denies in new video that she was sexually assaulted. A misunderstanding: Peng, the world’s No. 1 doubles player in 2014, said in a public statement on Sunday that people misunderstood her Weibo post from Nov. 2 in which she alleged former…