China News Service, May 14th, according to the "European Times" compilation report, according to Agence France-Presse news, May 13th, France "unblocked" on the third day, the suburb of Paris, Marne-de-la-Cote de Credeil City began hearings In the violent robbery of Asian descent, four persons involved appeared in court, one of whom was underage.
Four people who appeared in court were between 18 and 21 years old. Two of them were detained before trial. They were charged with gangs for violent robbery. The punishment was increased by racism. The suspect who was a minor at the time of the incident will be tried by the judge who tried the minor in private.
Four people were detained in May 2019. A few days later the pre-trial judge started an investigation, trying to determine the identity of the victim. Finally, the investigation confirmed more than 50 victims, mostly elderly men and women; but many civil society associations believe that the actual number of victims is much higher, but many people have not reported the case.
The suspects continued to commit crimes for several days at a time. The methods of committing crimes were as follows: several people were ganged up to find a victim, followed by a short walk, and then grabbed the victim ’s handbag; if the victim rebelled, the suspect carried out a group Beaten.
Investigators revealed that these young people are full of racist prejudices such as "Asian people like to carry cash with them", and that the robbery against Asian people has become a "criminal" for local youths to participate in gangs.
The victim ’s legal counsel and lawyer Lam Soc said: “We believe that the case is racist. The victim was chosen as the target of the attack because of her Asian descent. This must be taken into consideration in the court hearing.”
Over the years, this type of attack on Asians has been frequent in the suburbs of Paris. With the death of a 49-year-old Chinese tailor Zhang Chaolin in the Seine-Saint-Denis province who was violently robbed and killed in 2016, this type of targeted attack case has attracted all legal attention.
In the Marne-la-Vallée province, attacks against Asians mainly occurred in the cities of Ivry-sur-Seine and Vitière-sur-Seine, not far from the 13th arrondissement of Paris where neighboring Asians live.
This case was one of the first batch of cases to be tried by the Credei court since the "unblocking", and the trial lasted two days. During the court hearing, all relevant personnel wear masks to maintain social distance.