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Oakland’s Chinatown has been experiencing an uptick in robberies and assaults on residents including elderly people in recent months, according to multiple reports and the police.
The Oakland Police Department said it is allocating more resources and patrols to Chinatown ahead of Lunar New Year on Friday amid a recent surge in violent assaults over the last few months.
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O Malley on Monday announced charges against 28-year-old Yahya Muslim in connection with an assault on three people including a 91-year-old man in Oakland late last month, KTVU FOX 2 reported.
A northern California district attorney announced Monday that a new special response unit was created in the wake of recent attacks against Asians, particularly elderly Asians, in Oakland’s Chinatown, as activists have argued that other violence in San Francisco and New York shows a pattern of abuse related to blame placed on the Asian American community for the coronavirus pandemic.
Actor and director Daniel Wu, who grew up in Oakland, spoke out against crime in Chinatown on Monday, saying he was appalled at the recent crimes against Asians in the Bay Area. At the same time, the District Attorney announced charges against the suspect in one of the recent crimes against a 91-year-old man, which hit close to home for Wu.