83-year-old Korean-American Nancy Do, who was beaten in the streets of New York, USA, is interviewing with ABC Broadcasting. Photo ABC website
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, who is called’Korean son-in-law’, strongly criticized the increase in hate crimes against Asians, including the assault of Korean-Americans in their 80s in New York, USA, as “unacceptable.”
Governor Hogan said in an interview with CNN on the 14th (local time), “My wife, three daughters, and grandchildren are all Asian. They all felt discrimination,” he said. “My wife’s church friends and some of her daughter’s friends were treated terribly.” Governor Hogan has a Korean wife and has earned the nickname’Korean son-in-law’.
He also reported that after the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), he heard a screaming “Chinese virus” at Korean Americans.
In April of last year, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (right) and his wife Yumi Hogan were greeted with a Korean diagnostic kit at the airport. Photos of Governor Larry Hogan Twitter
Governor Hogan expressed gratitude for US President Joe Biden’s comment in a speech on the 11th that hate crimes against Asian Americans should be stopped. “Last year, hate crimes decreased by 7%, but crimes against Asians increased by 150%,” he criticized, saying, “It is unacceptable.”
According to local media, on the 9th, Nancy Do (83), who was walking on the streets of New York, came to him, spit in his face and swung his fist. Do, who fell back in shock, lost his mind there.
The culprit caught as a result of a police investigation was a homeless man in his 40s with a former criminal record. Mr. Do’s daughter said, “I’m afraid to go outside now,” and “the children are also afraid.” However, Mr. Do and his daughter said they would forgive the arrested criminal, saying, “We want peace.”
According to the Center for Hate and Extremism in the United States, hate crimes in the United States decreased by 7% last year, but crimes against Asians in 16 major cities in the United States increased by 149%.
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