10,000 march in wet to protest over violence against Asians

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Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:00a.m.

A crowd estimated at more than 10,000 took part in a rally in wet weather in south Auckland today to protest against violence against Asians.

Police said the length of the procession was about 2.5km long, as it made its way from Botany Downs to Ti Rakau Drive.

Three people of Asian descent have died in homicides in Manukau City over the past month.

Liquor store owner Navtej Singh, 30, was fatally shot at his shop on June 7.

A week later, Yan Ping Yang, 80, died after having been attacked by an intruder in her home three days earlier.

On June 16, Joanne Wang, 39, was knocked down by a stolen vehicle in a shopping mall car park after her handbag was snatched. She died in hospital.

NZPA

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06 Jul 2008 10:44p.m.

alan wrote:

I hope - but not without some trepidation and a great degree of cynicism basically - that people in this country grow up, stop being xenophobic, quit this very peurile notion of Asians "stealing" jobs, and get with the notion that NZ has a lot to benefit from other cultures, and we are hardly over populated. Unfortunately, National will probably get elected by the same xenophobic, whining and generally clueless masses coming out the woodwork every day as we near the election, a contest between a Government that in general has tried to do a lot more than many would like to admit for the average person, and a bunch of no hopers that change leaders almost every year and can't seem to announce anything other than looking up the latest opinion polls and parroting on so-called 'hot topics' that frequent the considerably retarded and very shallow talkback shows. So, that may end that particular hope I guess...

06 Jul 2008 06:07p.m.

vcm, auckland wrote:

What the govt should seriously consider is passing a law which says that any migrant who is the perpetrator of any criminal activity shall be deported along with his entire family. This will make them think twice before resorting to all these heinous crimes.

05 Jul 2008 07:43p.m.

jaysie wrote:

to the reporter on this news: please be careful that you say "Asian Anti-Crime" not the other way around!!