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NEW HAMPSHIRE BALKS AT HATE CRIME MURDER OF LAOTIAN AMERICAN (part 2 of 2)
"This is not just an attack on one man or one family," stated Phitsamay
Sychitkokhong, a Laotian American activist and development director of
the Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth, "This crime terrorizes
the entire Laotian American and Asian Pacific American community in New
England. Mr. Labbe targeted the victim simply because he was an Asian.
Labbe was looking to attack anyone who was Asian, even an elderly man
half his size."
Chi Chi Wu of the Safety Net Anti-Asian Prevention and Education Project
stated "There is no question this murder was a hate crime, both legally
and morally."
The Asian Pacific American groups sending the letter noted that hate
crimes against the APA community continue to be a festering problem. A
recent report shows that attacks on Asian Pacific Americans increased
13% from 1998 to 1999 in this country, despite a decline in nationwide
violent crime rates. During 1999, there were four brutal racially-motivated
murders of Asian Pacific American victims.
Money for the Phetakoune Family can be sent to the Phetakoune Family
Fund at the Bank of New Hampshire in Newmarket.
