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BOSTON, Nov. 8-US prosecutors yesterday charged three people with running a high-end brothel network out of apartment complexes in greater Boston and northern Virginia whose customers included elected officials, tech and pharmaceutical executives, lawyers, professors and military officers. Federal prosecutors in Boson did not identify any of the "wealthy and well-connected clientele" that they say paid up to US$600 (RM2807) per hour for sexual encounters with predominantly Asian women who were being exploited through sex trafficking. The brothels alleged operators--Han Lee, 41 and Junmyung Lee, 30, of Massachusetts and James Lee, 68, of California--were arrested ad charged with conspiring to...

I'm a 5-foot-1, 105-pound, 51-year-old woman of Pacific Islander/Asian descent. That's much more personal data than most women are willing to share publicly, but I'm all about being blunt. Let's face it: My gender, ethnic background and small stature make me a perfect target for violent crime in big cities that are soft on criminals — especially repeat offenders who happen to be black. Black-on-Asian violence is a bloody reality. According to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics criminal victimization report published in 2019, 182,230 Asians in America were victims of violent crime in 2018. Black offenders were the perpetrators...

Police have arrested a 54-year-old man on suspicion of stabbing two Asian women at a bus stop. .... Police identified the man as San Francisco resident Patrick Thompson, .. ABC7 reporter Kate Larsen tweeted that police located the suspect after a photo of him was disseminated to officers in the field. He was taken into custody hours after allegedly stabbing the women, aged 65 and 85, while they waited for a bus on Market Street. ... The 85-year-old woman was identified as Chui Fong Eng. Her grandson told KPIX-TV that she had finished her grocery shopping in Chinatown and was...

Here is a dumb thing you should never do: watch the 007 caper “You Only Live Twice” with your feminist American girlfriend — a woman of color to boot. In a series renowned for its sexism, the Japan entry takes the biscuit. My date night was first upset as Bond is massaged in a bathhouse by Aki, an improbably svelte and doe-eyed assistant, who whispers that she will enjoy very much “serving under” him. The feminist girlfriend, adorable if not exactly svelte, emits a derisive snort. “What is she — a slave?” When Bond and another “sexiful” nymph, the pearl...

SYDNEY (AFP) - A leading Australian politician has resigned after it was revealed that he called an opponent's Malaysian wife a "mail order bride", pinched the bottom of one female journalist and propositioned another at an alcohol-fuelled party. New South Wales opposition Liberal Party leader John Brogden told a hastily-called news conference that he regretted his "inappropriate" behaviour and would quit the post that could have seen him become state premier. He denied being drunk at the party thrown for the media by the Australian Hotels Association three weeks ago but admitted drinking six beers to celebrate the recent resignation...