SINGAPORE (ANN): More shock than anger or fear – that was what Singaporean student Jonathan Mok felt when he was jumped by a group of strangers in London in a coronavirus-related racist attack on Feb 24.
The 23-year-old final-year law student at the University College London opened up about his ordeal on Tuesday on Facebook and posted two photos of himself showing a swollen eye.
During the attack, Mok said people in a nearby souvenir shop came out to try to defuse the situation. Since the attack, he has visited the shop to thank the people there and they provided him support and shared his sentiments about racism issues. “I thought it was important to share and start the debate, ” Mok said of his post, which has since garnered more than 6,400 reactions and 23,000 shares. “Race issues have been prevalent for so long and this shows how dangerous they can be... Even when they start off verbally, they can escalate to physical violence.”
Mok said that the BBC and CNN contacted him for comment, while Singapore’s High Commission in London contacted him to offer support.
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