ใ๐ณ๐ฌ-๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ-๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ช๐๐๐ใ ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฃโ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ?
A 70-year-old Chinese Canadian senior says she was attacked twice within nine months on the Railway Greenway by a group of white teenagers. She says she was spat at in the first incident, then sprayed with an unknown liquid in the second while youths filmed and mocked her, including imitating Chinese speech. She later learned that the police file was concluded on the same day she reported the second incident.
Former BC NDP MLA and Richmond mayoral candidate Henry Jiun-Hsien Yao, ๅงๅๆฒ, Richmondite has now criticized those helping her seek answers, raising concerns about police independence, due process and the protection of minors.
โช๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ช ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ฃ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐
ARCA never asked police to arrest or charge any particular student, and we never declared anyone guilty. We asked why the file was concluded so quickly and whether it should be reviewed when new information emerged.
ARCA went door to door in the neighbourhood and learned of two or three other reports of similar harassment involving youths. With help from parents and the community, the PAC provided a school yearbook for the victim to review. She identified individuals she believes may be connected to the incident, and that information was provided privately to the RCMP.
Yao himself says that, as a former MLA, he raised concerns with the RCMP on behalf of constituents. If that was appropriate for him, why is ARCA helping this senior now called โpolitical interferenceโ?
โช๏ธ๐ช๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ?
ARCA has published no names or photographs of suspected students and has declared no one guilty. Information was given to police, not posted online.
Protecting minors should not mean doing nothing. If youths were involved, the facts should be established and parents and the school should be appropriately involved. The goal is not to ruin a young personโs future. It is to educate them, hold them accountable appropriately, and help them do better.
โช๏ธโ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐โ ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ช๐๐ฌ ๐ช๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐ โ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐จ๐ง?
Yao writes: โVictims deserve to be heard.โ
Yet the video attached to his post was edited. The portions where the victim personally described how the two incidents happened were removed.
That is the contradiction: he says victims deserve to be heard, while the victimโs own account was cut from the version he presented to the public.
โช๏ธ๐ช๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ช๐ก ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ช๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐ง โ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐งโ?
This is what we find most cold-hearted. Yao devotes considerable attention to possible harm to minors whose identities ARCA never made public, while a real 70-year-old woman says she has already been attacked twice and fears it could happen again.
Minors deserve protection. The victim deserves protection too. Due process cannot work in only one direction.
โช๏ธ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ข, ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐.
But asking police for answers is not directing a police investigation. ARCA did not publicly identify any minor, and we will not decide who is guilty.
When a 70-year-old resident reports being attacked twice, other residents report similar incidents, and new information has been provided to police, we will not tell the victim to stay silent and simply accept that โthe file is closed.โ
๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ ๐ณ๐ฌ-๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ-๐ข๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐, ๐ง๐๐๐ก ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ช๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ ๐๐.
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