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Crime
Malaysian woman praised for defending hawker against machete-wielding men
A Malaysian woman received praise online after a video of her defending a male hawker against two machete-wielding men went viral on social ...
Michelle De Pacina
Man accused of punching two Asian American women in the face in Boston’s Chinatown
Before you read: Asian American woman, 70, punched in the face in unprovoked Boston Chinatown attack A 53-year-old Cambridge man is set to a...
Woman stabbed teen multiple times on Indiana bus for being Chinese, according to affidavit
A woman was arrested for stabbing an 18-year-old girl in the head multiple times on a Bloomington Transit bus in Indiana. Billie R. Davis, ...
China
Son of Dalian Wanda billionaire accused of punching man for taking photos of him
Wang Sicong, son of billionaire and Dalian Wanda Group founder Wang Jianlin, was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly assaulting a man in S...
Ines Shin
Repeat offender sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Guiying Ma in NYC rock attack
Before you read: Repeat offender pleads guilty to killing Guiying Ma in NYC rock attack Guiying Ma, grandmother struck in the head with a ro...
Carl Samson
16-year-old South Asian boy beaten by his family after coming out as gay
A 16-year-old South Asian boy from the U.K. was beaten by his family after coming out as gay. The parents and older brother of the teen all...
Police arrest man who fell asleep in a park after attacking woman in Seattle’s Chinatown
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has arrested a man who fell asleep in a park after attacking a woman on the way to work in the Chinatown...
Sports
Malaysian volleyball coach sparks backlash for slapping female students
A Malaysian volleyball coach who was caught on camera slapping his students during a match has received a wave of backlash in the country. T...
Iris Jung
Elderly woman kicked in stomach on SF Muni bus: ‘As an Asian American, I don’t feel safe’
A 79-year-old woman was kicked in the stomach while boarding a San Francisco Muni bus on her way to work on Dec. 3. The victim, identified...
Japanese tourist arrested after assault of Korean taxi driver for not understanding Japanese
A Japanese tourist was arrested for violently attacking an elderly Korean taxi driver in Gangnam, Seoul, in late November. According to th...
Bryan Ke
2 men charged with hate crimes for back-to-back anti-Asian incidents in Washington state
A pair of men have been charged with hate crimes in connection with two separate anti-Asian incidents in Washington state earlier this mont...
‘My Hero Academia’ theme song creator arrested for assaulting girlfriend
Singer-songwriter Kiro Akiyama, 26, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend. He allegedly caused bodily harm when he pulled...
Man wanted for slashing woman, good Samaritan in suspected anti-Muslim attack on NYC subway
New York City police are searching for a man who slashed a Muslim woman and an intervening bystander on a Manhattan subway on Tuesday. The...
2 Hawaiian men found guilty of hate crime for attacking white homeowner
On Nov. 17, a federal jury found Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi, 32, and Levi Aki, Jr., 33, guilty of a hate crime for attacking Christopher Kunzelman...
Man called ‘Asian pig,’ assaulted for refusing to give up seat on NYC subway
A man and two women are wanted in New York City after allegedly punching and kicking an Asian man for refusing to give up his seat on a Man...
Man involved in multiple physical altercations with passengers on Los Angeles Metro Rail
In a video circulating online, an Asian man is physically beaten by three men on a Los Angeles Metro Blue Line on Nov. 1. He can be seen b...
Viral video captures moment 5-year-old is slapped out of his chair by classmate’s father in China
A 5-year-old kindergartener in Nanjing, China, suffered a bruised and swollen face after being slapped by the father of his classmate on Sa...
911 call made from Apple Watch of Washington woman buried alive released
Young An, 42, was allegedly attacked, kidnapped and buried alive by her husband, Chae Kyong An, 53, on Oct. 16 after they spoke about their...
Canada
Vancouver couple sentenced to probation for anti-Asian attack
Michel Jean-Jacque Berthiaume, 74, and Astrid Maria Secreve, 76, were each sentenced to 12 months of probation for attacking an Asian Canad...
Man charged for beating daughter says it’s ‘acceptable’ in China
A Chinese man has been arrested and charged in Serbia for assaulting his 14-year-old daughter at a tennis court in Belgrade. A now-viral v...
Asian student stabbed by alleged bully at New York high school
An 18-year-old Asian student was stabbed by a 17-year-old classmate at Proctor High School in Utica, New York, on Monday morning. Teachers...
Music
K-pop label CEO accused of verbally and physically abusing members of boy group Omega X
The CEO of Spire Entertainment, the agency for Omega X, allegedly verbally and physically abused the K-pop boy group members throughout the...
Daniel Anderson
Seattle deli owner suffers broken hips, fractured wrist after confronting shoplifter
Young Kim, 76, was shoved to the ground when she tried to stop a shoplifter from leaving her Delridge Deli Mart at the Frye Commerce center...
Group of men in India filmed recording 12-year-old assault victim while ignoring her cries for help
In a viral video, a group of Indian men can be seen surrounding an assaulted 12-year-old girl and filming her with their mobile phones in U...
‘I fear I may be silenced’: Hongkonger assaulted in Chinese consulate in Manchester denies Beijing’s version of events
Bob Chan, the pro-Hong Kong independence protester who was assaulted in the Chinese Consulate in Manchester, has rejected Beijing’s version...
Foreign Porsche owners whose brutal attack on Thai man left him in coma denied bail
The two Frenchmen whose assault on 47-year-old Somkuan Songkhot left him in critical condition in the Thai province of Surat Thani have bee...
Chandler Treon
Thai man in coma after foreign owners of Porsche he was admiring brutally attack him
A 47-year-old Thai man is in critical condition after two Frenchmen assaulted him in an unprovoked attack in Koh Samui, Surat Thani provinc...
Videos emerge of Hong Kong protester dragged into Chinese consulate in UK and beaten
A Hong Kong pro-democracy protester, only identified as Bob, was beaten up at the Chinese consulate in Manchester, England, on Sunday after...
Editorial Staff
93-year-old man suffers broken hip from unprovoked assault by stranger in Vancouver Chinatown
A 93-year-old man suffered a broken hip in an unprovoked attack in Vancouver’s Chinatown on Oct. 11. The Vancouver Police Department has r...
Family of bullied California boy presses charges and files restraining order against two teens
Police have identified the two teens in California who followed a 13-year-old boy home and punched him multiple times. The boy’s family ha...
Senior Asian store clerk dies after being struck in the head with scooter by teen shoplifters
Los Angeles police are looking for a group of teenagers accused of killing a senior Asian American store clerk while stealing items from his...
Elderly Asian woman attacked and robbed of life savings by men posing as construction workers in California
A 70-year-old woman was assaulted and robbed of her life savings by three men pretending to be utility workers in Daly City, California, ac...
Khier Casino
Chicago police release details of suspects in violent robbery of elderly Asian man on Red Line train
Chicago police are looking for a man and a woman in connection with a Red Line train robbery that left an elderly Asian man bleeding profus...
Repeat New York offender who punched elderly Asian woman over 125 times pleads guilty to hate crime
Tammel Esco, 42, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to first-degree assault as a hate crime in connection with a brutal attack on an elderly Filipin...
Delaware jewelry shop owner relearning how to walk after being brutally beaten, pistol-whipped during armed robbery
A 68-year-old jewelry shop owner was pistol-whipped and brutally beaten during an armed robbery in Wilmington, Delaware. Calvin Ushery, th...
Elderly Asian man left bleeding profusely after robbers smash his skull with his own wine bottle on Chicago train
A man reported to be an Asian senior was left dazed and bleeding profusely after a group of robbers smashed his head with his own wine bott...