MANILA, Philippines — The White House has been taking “stringent steps” to curb hate crimes against Asian Americans in the United States in response to frequent reports of such incidents — including the recent case of a 65-year-old Filipino-American woman who was kicked in the stomach and head.
INQUIRER.net learned this on Wednesday from Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez.
According to Romualdez, the Philippine Embassy in the US, as did other countries, has already communicated its “deepest concern to the White House” about the attacks on Asian-Americans.
“White House taking stringent steps to curb hate crime,” Romualdez told INQUIRER.net.
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