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Texas man sentenced to 45 years for stabbing of Burmese family in 2020
- Jose Gomez III, 21, was sentenced to a total of 45 years in prison for hate crime charges in connection with a March 2020 attack against a Burmese family in Texas.
- The incident, which reportedly occurred at a Sam’s Club branch in Midland, saw the attacker stab a Burmese father and his 6-year-old child because he thought they were Chinese and came from “the country who started spreading that disease [COVID-19] around.”
- A store employee who reportedly intervened with an off-duty Border Patrol agent and held Gomez down was stabbed in the process.
- Gomez pleaded guilty to three counts of committing a hate crime in February and admitted to attempting to kill the boy.
- After being sentenced for the federal charges, Gomez is set to face multiple state charges in connection with the attack, including assault of police officers after his arrest.
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A man convicted of anti-Asian hate crimes for attacking an Asian family in Texas at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic has been sentenced to a total of 45 years in prison.
Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 5 more years in jail for corruption
- Democracy icon and formerMyanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, 76, was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to another five years in jail in a court hearing on Wednesday.
- Myanmar has been under military rule since Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing overthrew the government in a military coup on February 1, 2021.
- Suu Kyi was charged with accepting 11.4 kilograms of gold and cash payments of $600,000 from the former Yangon Chief Minister Phyo Min Thein, who testified at the trial.
- Suu Kyi has denied all allegations, with the support of the international community and several human rights groups.
- President Biden will host the Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Washington, D.C., in May, and Suu Kyi’s imprisonment is expected to be a point of major discussion.
Democracy icon and former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to another five years in jail in a court hearing on Wednesday.
Myanmar has been under military rule since Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing overthrew the government in a military coup on February 1, 2021. Along with the other senior government officials of her party, Suu Kyi, 76, was taken at gunpoint and detained.
SPD’s first female Burmese officer crossed India-Myanmar border by foot, worked two jobs during high school
Judith Par-Lwei, 23, is the first female Burmese officer to serve at the Syracuse Police Department (SPD). She is also currently the only Asian American female officer at the Syracuse Police Department.
Journey to the U.S.
