Hui Shan, a Tasmanian resident, has become the target of multiple racist attacks by youths in her community. Feeling unsafe walking to work or even leaving the office, Ms. Shan now carries an umbrella for security rather than weather protection.
Hui Shan has been the victim of multiple racist attacks perpetrated by youths in her Tasmania n community and no longer feels safe walking to work or leaving the office for lunch.An advocate from the Multicultural Council says Tasmania is "hopefully" turning a corner, but it may be too little too late for Ms Shan, who has been left wondering if moving to another country could give her a "better life".
She parks several hundred metres away, wraps her fingers tightly around her umbrella and begins a long and fearful walk to work."In March this year, there are two young teenagers, one of them riding a scooter, and they pass by my office building," she said. "On the way I saw 10 teenagers just walking in front of me so I try and slow my pace. I don't want to get any attention from them. But there's a girl that turned back and saw me. Then she began to shout at me.
"Police didn't do anything after that. They didn't even ask me what kind of outcome I want," she said.Police warn of consequences "Powers of arrest, move on directions or exclusions, search provisions are all considerations for police when attending to anti-social behaviour." Police said witnesses to and victims of anti-social behaviour should move away from the area and call police as soon as possible.Aimen Jafri's pleas for change have been a constant amid a spate of race-based assaults and attacks in Tasmania this year."We are going through a transitional phase and we will come out the other side of the tunnel," Ms Jafri said.
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