Actors Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu are offering a $ 25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person who violently attacked a 91-year-old man in the Chinatown district of Oakland.
Last week, Wu and Kim made a request for tips regarding the person who was caught on camera on January 31 and pushed the elderly man to the ground. According to ABC7, police say the suspect in the incident also attacked a 60-year-old man and 55-year-old woman the same day.
Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong announced Monday afternoon that 28-year-old Yahya Muslim has been arrested in connection with the attacks. According to CBS News, authorities have charged Muslim with assault, battery, parental abuse and a special allegation of transgressions.
“The number of hate crimes against Asian Americans continues to rise, despite our repeated pleas for help,” Kim wrote on Instagram on Friday. ‘Crimes are too often ignored and even excused. … #Enough is enough. …
“We need to do more to help literally thousands of Americans who have suffered through this absolutely senseless violence. Please help us bring this criminal to justice. ”
The “Lost” and “Hawaii Five-0” star also called on his followers to “#VichaRatanapakdee” and “remember #VincentChin.”
Ratanapakdee died at 84 last month after being similarly assaulted during his morning walk in San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. And Chin, who was assassinated in 1982, later became the subject of the Oscar-nominated 1987 documentary, “Who Killed Vincent Chin?”, Which explored anti-Asian racism in America.
“I would not post it, but after seeing the remark of some of you who had no idea it was going on, I feel it is important that people see this nonsense – ‘, Wu said on Friday. wrote his own post. ‘Vicha Ratanapakdee devoted himself to his own affairs when he was brutally attacked and killed. … it was an act of hatred. If you see something like this or it’s happening to you, report it! Call 911. immediately. ”
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and Marvel actress Gemma Chan also shared a video of the attack on Chinatown last month in an attempt to raise awareness of hate crimes against Asian Americans, which escalated amid the COVID-19 pandemic has.
“It’s hard to look at, but it’s a plea for help,” Chan wrote on Instagram Sunday. ‘The community is in pain because of these completely unresolved attacks, but the crimes are too often ignored and underreported. Imagine it was your father or grandfather? ‘
Chan demanded that the attacks be recognized as hate crimes. “The violence will only end when the silence ends,” she wrote.
Other Hollywood figures who have spoken out about the attacks include Chan’s “Crazy Rich Asians” characters Henry Golding and Harry Shum Jr., as well as director Greg Pak, “Youth & Consequences” actress Anna Akana, “Agents of SHIELD “star Chloe Bennet and” Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings “star Simu Liu.
I hope these people understand that you will not get away with racially motivated, unprovoked attacks on the Asian community. Justice will be served. https://t.co/SrRpNuS2bX
– Henry Golding (@henrygolding) 5 February 2021
“I hope these people understand that you will not get away with racially motivated, unprovoked attacks on the Asian community,” Golding tweeted. “Justice will be served.”
“It is now becoming worryingly clear to me that attacks on our elderly are not isolated incidents,” Liu said. posted on Twitter. “It is difficult to express my anger in a tasteful way to the public, and therefore I will ask everyone to keep their loved ones safe and look out for our senior citizens.”