From the Dom Post:

Attack, slurs were racial, says victim
05 December 2006

A New Zealand-born Chinese man who was set upon and taunted by eight attackers in a Wellington street believes his assault was racially motivated.

Ken Young has a black eye after being confronted by a gang of seven men and a woman in Tory St about midnight on Saturday. Members of the group yelled “bloody Asian” during the attack, he said.

Mr Young reported the assault to police, but believed he would not have been attacked if he had been white. “There was no provocation, no reason. If I was European I wouldn’t have been attacked.”

Mr Young said he was shoulder- charged and then punched twice by two attackers as he walked along the street alone. After the second punch he fell to the ground, but was able to get up and run to safety.

Mr Young said his cousin had also been the victim of an unprovoked racial attack.

National Party MP Patsy Wong said it was important that victims of racial abuse reported it to authorities.