NYPD Investigating Beating Of Asian Man In Chinatown As A Hate Crime
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A 56-year-old man was knocked unconscious outside a Manhattan subway station on Tuesday night, and the police are investigating the seemingly unprovoked attack as a hate crime.
The incident occurred just before 9 p.m., when victim Teoh Ming Soon, who is Asian, was walking towards the F train station at East Broadway and Rutgers Street in Chinatown. According to the NYPD, an assailant attacked him by punching him in the face, rendering him unconscious.
The suspect fled the scene and EMS treated the victim for a laceration to the lip, black eye, and swelling to the head.