The Philippines has sent a note verbale to the US State Department after an elderly Filipino was attacked on the New York subway.
Earlier this month, Filipino administrative assistant Noel Quintana was slashed on his face from ear to ear as the number of cases on Asian hate crimes continues to increase.
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Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez told ABS-CBN’s Teleradyo that he filed the note verbale “just about a week ago.”
“I wrote letters to some senators, sa justice committee nila tsaka ‘yung sa racial discrimination committee ng US Senate,” he added.
Romualdez said that hate crimes against Asian-Americans began to increase since September.
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“We already called the attention of the State Department at sinabi namin sa kanila na mukhang binibiktima ang Asian-Americans dahil ang tawag nga ng gobyerno dito noon ay China virus,” he said.
Some 4.5 million Filipinos reside in the US. The largest Filipino community in the US is in California with 1.5 million Filipinos.
