Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Racist attack on Chinese Students in NSW


Mr. Barry O'Farrell.
NSW Premier

Dear Premier,

We refer to the reports below for your information.

The condition imposed on Racist Jack van Tongeron was that if he ever returns to Western Australian, he will immediately go back to jail.

What are you going to do with those racists in your State?

We wait for your early reply.

Yours respectfully,

Eddie Hwang
President
Unity Party WA
Phone/Fax: 61893681884
Date: 25-Apr-2012.
Environmental Friendly - Save the Trees/use email.
UPWA is the only political party that calls a spade a spade.

We are too vicious for China


Andrew Bolt

APRIL242012(7:28pm)


I don’t think we’re quite aware how vicious parts of our society have become - and how startling it is to visitors: 
A terrifying gang assault on Sydney train passengers has left two international students seriously injured and caused a media storm in China. 
The alleged robbery, including racist taunts, drew a social media pledge from former foreign affairs minister Kevin Rudd and led to emergency talks at Sydney’s Chinese consulate general. 
Police said six people, aged 14 to 18, robbed passengers on a train between Central and Rockdale about 12.30am yesterday…
Yesterday’s attack came just days after two safety warnings from the Chinese embassy in Canberra for citizens travelling in Australia…
One of the victims of the attack, known as Xuan, suffered from a fractured nose and burns from a lit cigarette…
A translation from Xuan’s blog on the Chinese social media site Weibo reads: “I really wish all of this is just a nightmare. However, the smell of blood in my mouth and body pains reminds me that this city is so dangerous. 
“A gang of hooligans attacked us. Our noses are fractured and our bodies are covered in blood. My friend’s cheekbone was crushed. They attacked us with glass and burnt us with lit cigarettes. My face is burnt and totally disfigured! Worst of all, I really hated their racist comments. 
“They were calling us Asian dogs and pussies while they were beating us. When my friend tried to wipe blood from his nose, a teenaged girl stuffed my friend’s mouth with her tampon removed from her pants.”
I’d like to learn more about this gang. What makes such people so feral? So contemptuous of others? So us-against-them? 

Sydney train attack sparks uproar in China

18:30 AEDT Tue Apr 24 2012 - By ninemsn staff

A brutal attack on a Sydney train that left two Chinese students seriously injured has sparked uproar in China.
The two students were hit with glass bottles, burnt with cigarettes, kicked, punched and racially abused on a train from Central to Rockdale, in the city's southwest, about 12.30am on Monday, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

One of the students named Xuan, who is pursuing a master's degree at the University of Technology, wrote on Chinese social media site Weibo that other passengers in the carriage did nothing as he and his friend were beaten by a group of six people.

"Though there were no police on the train, there were many other people and train staff. It even stopped once at Wolli Creek, but nobody helped us," Xuan said.
"A gang of hooligans attacked us. Our noses are fractured and our bodies are covered in blood. My friend's cheekbone was crushed. They attacked us with glass and burnt us with lit cigarettes. My face is burnt and totally disfigured! Worst of all, I really hated their racist comments.

Police arrived at Rockdale station about 12.45am and arrested a 19-year-old man, two 18-year-old men, a 14-year-old boy and two girls aged 16 and 17.
They have been charged with a number of offences related to robbery and assault.

The incident has been widely publicised in China where large numbers of students travel to Australia to study every year.

Xuan's Weibo post was retweeted over 10,000 times and the story has been covered by China's largest news sites including its English language press.
Chinese consular officials have expressed their support for the students and former prime minister Kevin Rudd, who speaks Mandarin, has used his Weibo account to assure the Chinese he will press the police and the Department of Education on behalf of the victims.

A series of attacks on Indian students in Melbourne in 2009 badly damaged Australia's reputation in the subcontinent.

Then Victorian Premier John Brumby travelled to India in the aftermath of the attacks and a series of protests that followed to assure Indians that Victoria was a safe place to send students.

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