澳洲種族歧視之三：不能啞忍

Australia's safety questioned after three attacks on South Koreans

DateNovember 27, 2012 - 4:37PM

Esther Han
Reporter

Three recent attacks on foreign nationals in Australia have caused widespread outrage in South Korea, with media organisations questioning whether Australia was a safe place to visit.


A 33-year-old South Korean student had his little finger chopped off and left arm broken in a brutal attack by a group of teenagers in Melbourne in late September.

Another 33-year-old South Korean man was assaulted in Sydney by a group of four or five people in October.

And on Sunday, a 27-year-old South Korean was punched in the head by two men trying to steal his mobile phone in Brisbane, the Yonhap news agency reported.

In the Melbourne attack, the victim, who gave his name as Mr Chang, approached the South Korean consulate in Melbourne for assistance this month after being dissatisfied by the police inquiries.

Victoria Police is continuing its investigations after the South Korean government requested they conduct a "more thorough and fair investigation", capture the perpetrators and compensate the victim.

The Foreign Ministry of South Korea also demanded Australia "come up with measures to prevent future incidents", the Korean broadcaster KBS reported earlier this month.

Korean media organisations have also labelled the initial investigation as "inadequate and unfair", and posed questions about police conduct and possible "cover-ups".

The victim, a Box Hill resident, has been studying at a Melbourne technical school since July on a six-month visa. The assault occurred at a park on Irving Street, Box Hill, at night.

The Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported Mr Chang was approached by a group of teenagers who asked for a cigarette. When he refused, they assaulted him while shouting the words "f---ing Chinese".

Mr Chang blacked out during the attack and was taken to hospital, where his little finger was reattached.

The newspaper also said Mr Chang accused the police of "brushing off the assault simply as rowdy teenage behaviour" and "refused to inform him of the identities of the other teens". Mr Chang believes it was a racially motivated attack.

Fairfax Media can reveal a 14-year-old boy from Doncaster, Melbourne, was charged the day after the assault.

But last week, the news agency Yonhap reported that Victoria Police had replaced the original officers of the investigation team and offered an apology for the "insufficient initial probe".

Korean media reports have fuelled concerns about whether Australia was a safe destination for students and holidaymakers.

The Sydney attack victim, Mr Kim, told the Korea Herald he was struck with a golf club and ended up with skull fractures and two broken ribs.

In the Queensland incident, a man who gave his name as Mr Cho accused Queensland police officers of discrimination when reporting the attack.

"They made defamatory remarks, saying Asians are stupid and silly," he claimed.

澳洲的種族歧視無日無之，一般來講亞洲人比較容易成為受害者。在這裏的亞洲人，除非是第二代的移民，否則一般英語既帶口音，又不很流利，遇到同鄉大講家鄉話之時，老外不知你在講甚麼，學養不夠的自然充滿猜忌，更甚者就會產生種族問題。亞洲人一般身裁細小，遇到暴力欺負當然吃虧。儘管澳洲政府推行多元文化政策，白人的潛意識裏脫不掉白澳的優越感。教育程度是關鍵因素。這裏的警察質素不高，識見有限，骨子裏充滿種族歧視。所以報導指Queensland的警察歧視亞洲人，一點也不出奇，越落後的地方，歧視越嚴重。澳洲警察相對於香港的，起碼落後10年。跟澳洲人相處得多，便會領悟到，他們講說話及寫規則的能力高，與實際工作能力相差很大，面對他們講的說話，不要照單全收，記緊要打個折扣。

種族問題那裏沒有，香港人以前看不起「阿差」，現在看不起「賓姐」，以前看不起大陸人又窮又土，現在仇恨大陸人又富又囂，講到尾不外是文化、語言及行為差異所產生的歧視。殖民地時代的香港，「鬼佬」有優越感，那是歷史使然，加上有些香港人的奴性，更寵壞了這些「鬼佬」。對於跋扈的「鬼佬」律師，我通常都會無端生事，借故挑釁，煞他威風，使他「揾食」艱難。這種人，你不煞他氣焰，他便越加囂張。也試過有態度差的「鬼仔」幫辦自以為了不起，給我在電話駡完再白紙黑字地駡到港島區指揮官那裏，最後調離港島區。要教訓這種人，不能不耍點手段。

韓國人處理國民受歧視的態度比中國人優勝，中國政府一般的態度只是深表關注，中國政府慣了欺負自己的國民，所以對別人欺負中國人，也不以為忤，愧於出頭也。