Asian Americans tell harrowing stories of abuse amid coronavirus outbreak in the US

Asian Americans tell harrowing stories of abuse amid coronavirus outbreak in the US

The Straits Times - World·2020-04-01 13:28

LOS ANGELES - More than 1,000 Asian Americans have logged on to a website to share stories of being verbally and physically attacked - many coughed at and spat upon - because the new coronavirus originated in China.

A gun-store owner in Los Angeles County - home to the largest population of Asians in the United States at 1.5 million - tells The Straits Times he has seen a surge in Asian customers in recent months, many of them first-time gun buyers.

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