Gang attacks Chinese students in race-hate bashings at Woden Interchange

“What a shame we don’t do public caning! We used to, back when these white trash were colonial British.”
Some sort of punishment that is both unpleasant and rehabilitative is needed (following serious Police action to apprehend those guilty, prosecution and conviction).
Rather than corporal punishment, why don’t we jail them in a prison in which they have to work and behave to get fed and looked after?
This may “infringe the human rights” of those who put on a performance with a hunger strike, but these thugs need to learn that anti-social behaviour has consequences. Better to have consequences they cannot avoid every hour of every day for months rather than the fleeting agony of corporal punishment.
Consequences like these should focus the mind more than a belting.

Andrew Wang said :

I have been a frequent visitor pf Canberra and was impressed with its multi cultural diversity

I am shocked reading about the recent bashings of Chinese students by low brow locals who are essentially bored with their unexciting lives. The police must act decisively, but so far there has been one arrest. My suggestion is for the Chinese Embassy to bring in their own security to protect the students. They should know that the Chinese students will not defend themselves for fear of losing Chinese funding.

A lot of blame on anti Chinese sentiment has been the negative influence of right wing facists globally, the racist attitudes of Trump and the desperate nature of Turnbull and Bishop who continously critisise China for reclaiming their own sovereign territories in order to get in favor with the Trump administration. These negative comments have easily been absorbed by the uneducated. Lets hope that Albanese becomes the leader of the ALP and wins the next election or even earlier. Shorten is not in the race.

The best outcone for China is to terminate the Australia-China FTA and relocate education funding from Australia to friendly countries like Canada, New Zealand Singapore, amd parts of Europe. Australia is still racist and only wants to benegit from trade. Australia is not a friend of China and never will be. Why trade with a country that still has a ‘white superiority complex’.

Random attacks by gangs in Woden Town Centre are common as several posters on this thread have alluded to and I do not think the victims are chosen because of their ethnicity. Nevertheless, we are all concerned by the severity of the assaults on your countrymen. I am surprised the colleges they attend didn’t warn them of this problem – everyone else in Canberra knows about it.

The alleged assailants have been identified and will be dealt with by the courts. I think your description of the offenders as “low brow locals bored with their lives” is very good (bogans would be also acceptable) but I totally reject your claim that Australia is still racist and has a white superiority complex.

May I remind you that China’s leaders are very intolerant to many minorities within China and despite the fact that most illegal drug imports into Australia are controlled by ethnic Chinese:
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Former_Committees/acc/completed_inquiries/pre1996/ncaaoc/report/c04 we do not judge all Chinese to be drug dealers.

I have Chinese immigrants as close relatives and they are some of my favourite people. I admire the work ethic of the Chinese people and they have made and continue to make a great contribution to wealth of Australia. Trade is a two way street by the way.

I am interested to know from you how this situation would have been handled if it happened in China.

I have been a frequent visitor pf Canberra and was impressed with its multi cultural diversity

I am shocked reading about the recent bashings of Chinese students by low brow locals who are essentially bored with their unexciting lives. The police must act decisively, but so far there has been one arrest. My suggestion is for the Chinese Embassy to bring in their own security to protect the students. They should know that the Chinese students will not defend themselves for fear of losing Chinese funding.

A lot of blame on anti Chinese sentiment has been the negative influence of right wing facists globally, the racist attitudes of Trump and the desperate nature of Turnbull and Bishop who continously critisise China for reclaiming their own sovereign territories in order to get in favor with the Trump administration. These negative comments have easily been absorbed by the uneducated. Lets hope that Albanese becomes the leader of the ALP and wins the next election or even earlier. Shorten is not in the race.

The best outcone for China is to terminate the Australia-China FTA and relocate education funding from Australia to friendly countries like Canada, New Zealand Singapore, amd parts of Europe. Australia is still racist and only wants to benegit from trade. Australia is not a friend of China and never will be. Why trade with a country that still has a ‘white superiority complex’.

This attack wasn’t about race or Chinese students, the media has reported that this particular gang of teenage crims were known to frequent the area and had threatened and intimated other people in the past. I can guarantee that police know them well and that they’ve been involved in other anti-social and criminal behaviour in the past . I can also guarantee that nothing will happen to them. Their deadbeat parents won’t be held accountable and they will continue to enjoy impunity and freedom to do more of the same. I feel sorry for the victims.

Chinese kids and parents, move over to Canada! Our hearts are with you. You do not have to face this shXt in the 2010s.

The authority became really concerned when the news is spread and followed by a decreasing number of international students. It all depends on the PR and the offenders will still be at large as they are teenagers when everything is covered up.

Shanemac01 said :

This has finally happenned because we have put pressure on them… organising through Chinese expat social media. There have been many times in the past when this was quietly swept under the carpet… education dept don’t want the negative publicity and police don’t care.

Yes indeed, I imagine there was a crisis meeting yesterday in the command centre of the Winchester Police Centre, and the central topic of discussion was one “Shanemac01” and his formidable ‘j’accuse’ against the ACT police. I think you’re overestimating your influence, just ever so slightly.

As for your claiming that police do nothing about assaults and “sweep them under the carpet”, you still haven’t provided anything of note. The absence of a prosecution for every complaint of assault is not in itself a failure on the police’s behalf.

Blen_Carmichael said :

Shanemac01 said :

Blen_Carmichael said :

Shanemac01 said :

There have been several occasions of attacks on Chinese students. Police do nothing and it’s all swept under the carpet. If this blows up on Chinese media, it will seriously damage the ACT economy which relies heavily on Chinese students.
We need security cameras at all bus interchanges. We need some serious action by police.

Could you please provide the source/s for your claim that “Police do nothing and it’s all swept under the carpet.”

Not everything is in a nice tidy report. I myself have been assaulted several times. Friends also. Police action = zero.

Well this puts paid to your theory that police do nothing about these assaults:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/chinese-high-school-students-bashed-in-canberra-teens-face-court-20171026-gz98mw.html

This has finally happenned because we have put pressure on them… organising through Chinese expat social media. There have been many times in the past when this was quietly swept under the carpet… education dept don’t want the negative publicity and police don’t care.

Shanemac01 said :

Blen_Carmichael said :

Shanemac01 said :

There have been several occasions of attacks on Chinese students. Police do nothing and it’s all swept under the carpet. If this blows up on Chinese media, it will seriously damage the ACT economy which relies heavily on Chinese students.
We need security cameras at all bus interchanges. We need some serious action by police.

Could you please provide the source/s for your claim that “Police do nothing and it’s all swept under the carpet.”

Not everything is in a nice tidy report. I myself have been assaulted several times. Friends also. Police action = zero.

Well this puts paid to your theory that police do nothing about these assaults:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/chinese-high-school-students-bashed-in-canberra-teens-face-court-20171026-gz98mw.html

PaulM said :

I also would like to have definite info on the ethnicity of the attackers, but – let’s face it – it probably is home-grown bogans. What Americans call “white trash”.

What a shame we don’t do public caning! We used to, back when these white trash were colonial British. It was discontinued in ’74, apparently. Pity. A few strokes of the lash might teach these kids not to be antisocial. And a few years in the workhouse might teach their mothers not to breed fatherless sons.

https://www.corpun.com/counauj.htm

I am with you on that. Alternatively, the attackers could be sent to China for trial and punishment. There are no Bimberi Hotels in China.