Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu offer US$25,000 reward after attack on old man in Oakland Chinatown
- Person who violently shoved a 91-year-old man in Oakland’s Chinatown district suspected of two other attacks
- Video from a surveillance camera that captured the attack shocks Hollywood figures, local community
Actors Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu are offering a US$25,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of a person who violently attacked a 91-year-old man in Oakland’s Chinatown district.
Last week, Wu and Kim put out a request for tips regarding the person who was caught on camera January 31 shoving 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.
“The number of hate crimes against Asian Americans continues to skyrocket, despite our repeated pleas for help,” Kim wrote Friday on Instagram. “The crimes are too often ignored and even excused. … #EnoughisEnough. …
“We must do more to help the literally thousands of Americans who have suffered at the hands of 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 “remember #VichaRatanapakdee” and “remember #VincentChin”.
Ratanapakdee died last month at 84 after he was similarly assaulted while on his morning walk in San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. And Chin, who was beaten to death in 1982, later became the subject of the Oscar-nominated 1987 documentary, Who Killed Vincent Chin?, which examined anti-Asian racism in America.