[Sing Tao Daily’s Article dated June 28, 2019] An old Chinese woman was sexually assaulted and brutally injured; a fund-raising campaign has been launched in the community to help her and her family
[The picture shows that at the press conference, all parties
actively raised funds for the victim and Hazel Lee, President of SF-Shanghai
Association demonstrated the ways of donation.]
[The picture shows the defendant appeared in court earlier
and denied all charges.]
Last month, a 74-year-old Chinese woman was
sexually assaulted in the Outer Mission District, which shocked San Francisco.
The community is particularly concerned about the victim. Supervisor Ahsha Safai, Ingleside Police Station
Captain Jack Hart，Hazel Lee, Founder and President of SF-Shanghai Association, Visitation
Valley Community Leader Marlene Tran, Ingleside Police Officer Johnny Vong, Legislative
Aide Ivy Lee of President, Board of
Supervisor Norman Yee and Legislative
Aide Alan Wong of Supervisor Gordon Mar
attended the press conference yesterday for raising money for the victim, the
old woman, and calling on the people to
help the victim through difficult times. .
On the morning of May 10, the victim, an
old Chinese-American woman, was walking in Prague Street near McLaren Park when
she was suddenly dragged into a house by a Spanish-speaking man. She was bitten
by a bulldog in the house, injuring her ankle and left arm and feet. The man locked
the old woman in the room, pushed her down on the bed and raped her for five
hours. Finally, he only put a coat on the victim and dragged her back to the
street. The passersby called the police when they saw the victim. Police
subsequently arrested Honduran suspect Manuel Amador, who denied all charges in
court.
The cervical vertebra of the victim was
seriously injured and the whole body was scarred.
After the victim was sexually assaulted,
her cervical vertebra was seriously injured. The 74-year-old woman endured 9 hours
of cervical vertebra surgery afterwards. There were many tooth marks of the dog on many parts of her body and bruises all over her
body.
Hazel Lee, Founder and President of
SF-Shanghai Association said, “The suspect threw her up
and down and raped her. When she refused to enter the house, he let the dog
bite her, bruising her legs and feet and then dragged her in and raped her for
five hours. (Although the old woman is conscious at present), her psychological injury is very
serious”.
Hazel Lee
said that the two daughters of the old woman have to stop working, because they need to take turns to care
for the injured mother, who is still living in a sanatorium, which is
undoubtedly a great pressure on the family.
Hazel Lee
narrated
in sorrow: "The last time I saw her
daughter taking urine for her mother with the urine basin, moving her around.
It was very heartbreaking. Moreover, there are stairs in her house. She can't
walk .It is very inconvenient for her to go upstairs
and downstairs. She needs someone to help her”. Hazel Lee
was choked and surprised when she talked about what she saw on her visit to the victim.
Helping the victim and her family
Supervisor Ahsha Safai said, "We hope to dispel the doubts, sensitivities
and fears in the hearts of the people, especially the people in the Chinese
community so that they do not think they have been reduced to fish and butchered by
others. In addition, the City
Counselor also hopes
that the victim and her family will be helped, including family caregivers,
medical supplies, etc. and they will
sit down with the victim’s family to discuss these.”
The Ingleside Police Station
Captain Jack is
deeply distressed by what
happened to
the old woman, would like to remind the elderly not to travel alone, and to suggest that they travel with the family
or friends.
Ingleside Police Station Captain Jack
Hart encourages
the public to call 911 in time when encountering infringement
People wishing to donate money may send check
to SF-Shanghai Association, payable to SF-Shanghai Association, noting that it
is for sexual assaulted elderly victim.
Mail address: 2515, San
Bruno Ave, San Francisco,
CA 94134. Hazel Lee promises to hand
over the money received to the family of the victim.
Telephone enquiry: 415-8063180
