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Case of Donnie Chin’s murder grows colder Assistant Chief on investigation: ‘A lot of it is waiting’

Former UW Husky C.T. Pan ties for 2nd in PGA Tour event

In everything but name, the case of Donnie Chin’s murder has gone cold.

On Aug. 21, standing before a room of over 50 people at the International District/Chinatown Community Center, Assistant Chief Marc Garth Green gave an update on the investigation into Chin’s murder.

“Unfortunately, I don’t have any good news,” he said.

As of last month, it has been three years since the murder of Chin, a beloved community leader and cofounder of the International District Emergency Center. On July see CHIN on 15

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Constance Chin-Magorty (far right), the sister of Donnie Chin, listens to an update on the investigation of her brother’s murder.

Marc Garth Green, Seattle Police Department Assistant Chief of Criminal Investigations Bureau, gives an update on the investigation into Donnie Chin’s murder.

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ shines bright at the box office

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Glitz won over guns as the gilded romance “Crazy Rich Asians” debuted at No. 1 in North American theaters last weekend, surpassing industry expectations and beating out action-packed fare like “Mile 22.”

Warner Bros. estimates that the film earned $25.2 million over the weekend and $34 million since its opening on Aug. 15. It’s a surefire win for the film, which cost $30

million to produce and went into the weekend with months of buzz and a 93 percent “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Breakout star Henry Golding told The Associated Press that the film’s performance is a “testament to the people who are turning up.”

“It’s not just the Asians who are coming. It’s people of all colors from all walks of life who are enjoying this cinematic see BOX OFFICE on 11

South Koreans enter North to reunite with kin split by war SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of elderly South Koreans crossed the heavily fortified border into North Korea on Aug. 20 for heart-wrenching meetings with relatives most haven’t seen since they were separated by the turmoil of the Korean War. The weeklong event at North

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South Korean Lee Keum-seom, 92, left, weeps as she meets with her North Korean son Ri Sang Chol, 71, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at the Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea on Aug. 20.

C.T. Pan, right, with this wife and caddie Michelle Lin at the Wyndham Championship golf tournament on Aug. 19.

By Seattle Times staff THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GREENSBORO, N.C. – Before the final hole of the Wyndham Championship on Aug. 19, it appeared C.T. Pan might earn his first victory on the PGA Tour.

The former Washington Husky briefly led and had 11 pars and six birdies through 17 holes of the final round at Sedgefield Country Club.

But Pan’s drive on No. 18 ended up out of bounds to the right and he made a double bogey. Brandt Snedeker, playing in a group behind Pan, made a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win by three strokes.

Pan, a 26-year-old from Taiwan, shot a 4-under-par 66 to tie for second place with Webb Simpson (62).

Pan said he heard “a couple noises in my head which caused me to hit a bad shot. It’s my fault. I can learn something from it. I only played one bad hole, which is fine. You know, I’ve still got a lot of golf left.”

Snedeker (65), who shot an opening-round 59, finished at 21-under 259 for his ninth PGA Tour victory.

He earned $1.08 million.

Pan matched the best finish of his career and made $528,000 in the regular-season finale.

“I love the feeling being in contention,” Pan said. “That’s what I’m working for, what I’m striving for.

You know, obviously the nerves got me on the last tee shot, which is very unfortunate, but I think I can learn something from it.

“This is only my second year on the Tour. I’m still trying to learn from the best players out there.”

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At the exclusive event, held at Sposato’s house in Magnolia, Sposato also introduced his partners at Geekwire, John Cook and Todd Bishop.  Photo by Stacy Nguyen

Roger Chiu, a longtime fixture at International Community Health Services (ICHS), has decided to retire this month after 38 years of dedicated service as ICHS laboratory manager and medical technician.

Roger Chiu Described as a modest, low-key individual, Chiu started at ICHS in 1980, right after he graduated from Seattle University’s medical technology program. At the time, ICHS was located in a storefront on Maynard Avenue, across from Hing Hay Park.

Chiu, 64, said he will miss his co-workers. “They are just like my family,” he said. “We laughed and argued just like one. Actually, I spent more time with them than with my biological family.”

But that’s about to change. Chiu will be moving to Irvine, Calif. to be closer to his children and their families. 

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BB6 is helmed by Tiffany Ran, who has been a cook at popular Seattle establishments, such as The Walrus and the Carpenter, The White Swan Public House, and Miyabi 45th. Ran is also an award-winning contributor to the Northwest Asian Weekly.

BB6 featured a 6-course prix fixe menu of contemporary renditions of traditional Taiwanese dishes that Ran grew up eating. 

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Seattle police held its Public Safety Day at Hing Hay Park on Aug. 17. Dozens of community members gathered to meet officers. The Mounted Patrol Unit were a big hit — adults and children alike surrounded the officers to snap photos. 

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On Aug. 12, BB6 held its first pop-up (a one-night restaurant) at Wann Yen in Seattle from 6 to 9 p.m.

Jonathan Sposato — the chairman and co-founder of Geekwire.com — announced at his VIP party on Aug. 16 that he and his wife, Heather Lowenthal, have been named

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Miss Seafair Zoraida Valdovinos knighted the president of the Rotary Club of Seattle, Cynthia Runger, on Aug. 16 for her good work in the community.

Runger was the first woman of color to hold that position. 

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Feds seize fake luxury goods shipped from China

Counterfeit bust

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal homeland security agents seized a large haul of counterfeit luxury handbags, wallets and belts smuggled through ports in the New York-city area and Los Angeles, officials said on Aug. 16.

U.S. Homeland Security Investigations announced charges in New York City against 33 people in a scheme involving fake goods it estimated had a potential value of nearly a half billion dollars if passed off as genuine. It said the seized items included fake Louis Vuitton and Tory Burch handbags, Michael Kors wallets, Hermes belts and Chanel perfume.

“The defendants allegedly smuggled millions of dollars of counterfeit luxury goods into our country, depriving companies of their valuable and hard-earned intellectual property,” Assistant U.S.

Attorney General Brian Benczkowski said in a statement.

The majority of items from China were smuggled in 20 shipping containers through the Port of New York and New Jersey, authorities said. Another pair of the 40-foot containers came in at the Port of Los Angeles.

Authorities said some of the defendants forged the information of legitimate importers on paperwork as part of the scheme. Court papers said they arranged to truck the goods to self-storage facilities in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island where they were unloaded and stored before being distributed to wholesale and retail sellers in New York, California and elsewhere in the United States.

Authorities also said they seized personal property from the defendants in the New York area valued at about $12 million. 

Lawyers: Discharged Army specialist granted U.S. citizenship

By MICHAEL BALSAMO ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — A South Korean-born U.S. Army specialist who sued after the military moved to discharge her has been granted citizenship, her attorneys said.

Yea Ji Sea, 29, had filed a lawsuit last month demanding a response to her citizenship application. She came to the country as a child on a visitor visa and held other visas before enlisting in 2013 under a special government program for foreign citizens who want to serve in the U.S. military.

Under the program, recruits agreed in their enlistment contracts to apply to naturalize as soon as their honorable service was certified.

Her lawsuit alleged that the government improperly failed to process her citizenship application. Last week, a federal judge ruled immigration officials had three weeks to decide whether to approve the citizenship application or explain the delay to the court.

On Aug. 17, the Justice Department notified Sea that her application was approved, according to the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California. She’s scheduled to be sworn in at a citizenship ceremony on Aug. 24.

“I love this country and was honored to serve it in the U.S. Army,’’ Sea said in a statement. “I had felt like I was like I was an American since I see CITIZENSHIP on 14

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US criticizes Vietnam for jailing peaceful activists The State Department called the charge “vague’’ and urged the government to ensure its actions and laws, including the Penal Code, are consistent with the human rights provisions of Vietnam’s Constitution and its international obligations and commitments.

Luong’s lawyer, Ha Huy Son, said the main charge against his client concerned encouraging others to join the pro-democracy Viet Tan group in exile in the United States, which Hanoi considers a terrorist organization.

Luong also participated and reportedly called on others to join protests in 2016 over pollution by a Taiwanese company that resulted in one of the worst environmental

Hand-in-hand, Koreas grab spotlight at Asian Games opener

By NINIEK KARMINI ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — First it was the athletes parading side-byside in matching uniforms behind the “unification’’ flag carried by South Korean basketballer Lim Yung-hui and North Korean footballer Ju Kyong Chol.

Then it was an image of South Korea’s Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon and North Korean Deputy Prime Minister Ri Ryong Nam hand-in-hand with their arms raised high that grabbed the spotlight at a spectacular opening ceremony for the Asian Games on Aug. 18.

The two countries, still technically at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, have fielded 60 athletes in combined teams in three sports — including women’s basketball — along with larger contingents for their respective

national squads at the 18th Asian Games.

It was a virtual repeat of the joint march involving athletes from the North and South during the Winter Olympics in February in the South Korean ski resort of Pyeongchang — but without the gloves, parkas and fur hats.

The setting this time was distinctly tropical as about 42,000 people packed the Bung Karno stadium in the Indonesian capital for an elaborate show highlighting the diverse Indonesian culture.

It began with a slickly produced video portraying Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi’’ Widodo stuck in traffic — a witty play on one of Jakarta’s major challenges in hosting the games — donning a black helmet and jumping a motorbike over a ramp to reach the stadium in time.

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IN MEMORY OF ROBERT B. KRISOLOGO APRIL 1936—JUNE 2018

Born in 1936 to Isagani A. Krisologo and Lottie Burkhart Krisologo (Castro); Robert passed on June 15, 2018 in Eastern WA., where he resided after retirement.

He is survived by his spouse of 51 years, Claudia Krisologo; his surviving siblings: Janice Castro, Cristina Krisologo, Tanya KrisologoFreudenberger, Ricardo Krisologo and Linda Krisologo; his children: Randi Krisologo-McPeters, Kevin Krisologo and Ananda Krisologo-Maltos and grandchildren, Gabrielle Taormina and Isaiah Maltos. His death was preceded by siblings, Leslie Krisologo, Michael Castro and Teddie Castro. His warmth and kindness will be missed in many ways by his family and friends.

Robert had many accomplishments throughout his life. He graduated from the University of WA with a Masters in Social Work and worked a number of years with the WA State Department Social & Human Services and the King County Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, King County Human Services and Big Brothers of WA. He also worked at the UW School of Social Work with Projects on Aging and graduate student placement in API community agencies; Robert was the Executive Director for the Employment Opportunity Center and for WA. Asian Pacific Islander Families Against Substance Abuse. He published a number of papers and presented on many topics such as the Asian American Lecture series focusing on Asian elderly. He was on the Board of Asian Counseling & Referral Service, volunteered at IDIC and was appointed by Gov. Ray to the WA State Commission on Asian American Affairs.

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Despite sweeping economic reforms over the past 30 years that opened the country to foreign trade and investment and made Vietnam one of fastest growing economies in the world, its government tolerates no challenge to its oneparty rule.

Amnesty International says 97 people are serving prison sentences for violating national security laws, while Human Rights Watch counts 119. 

JULY 28TH IS WORLD HEPATITIS DAY

By Mohammed Abdul-Kadir, MPH, MAIS Hepatitis B Coalition of Washington Coordinator.

International Community Health Services Seattle Mohammedak@ichs.com In the aftermath of World Hepatitis Day, July 28th, the Hepatitis B Coalition of Washington (HBCW) wants to take the opportunity to raise awareness about the root causes of chronic hepatitis B health disparity and inform the public about the actions being taken to reduce the disparity in the Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs) and other refugee and immigrant communities.

Hepatitis B, which is caused by a Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), is common in many parts of the world, with an estimated 350 million people living with the disease worldwide but with only 10% aware of their diagnosis. Untreated chronic hepatitis B can lead to liver cancer which is one of the deadliest cancers. Compared to other common cancers such as breast cancer, colon cancer and prostate cancer, liver cancer has worst survival rate. Although there are many causes of liver cancer, hepatitis B, is considered among the top risk factors. Although hepatitis B is vaccine preventable, it is not easy to obtain the vaccine in many developing countries due to shortage and high cost even when it is available. This, coupled with inconsistencies in practices to screen refugees and immigrants for hepatitis B upon their arrival in the U.S., has resulted in making API and other refugee and immigrant communities in the U.S. to be the most disproportionately affected by the disease. In fact, “despite representing only 5% of the total U.S. population, API communities, account for 50% of the estimated 800,000-1.4 million chronic hepatitis B infection in the U.S.” Furthermore, “HBV infections are attributed for about 80% of death due to liver cancer in the API communities”—making it the third-leading cause of cancer deaths among Asian Americans.” Other refugee and immigrant communities are not that far behind. For instance, “among African immigrant and refugee communities in the U.S., the prevalence rate of chronic hepatitis B is estimated to be 8-13%”.

In addition to the dearth of testing and screening, other barriers such as lack of knowledge or misconceptions about the disease, cultural and linguistic differences, and system level hurdles such as lack of health insurance and discomfort with the western medical system contribute to low testing rates for hepatitis B among the communities. In order to reduce this disparity, those barriers need to be properly addressed. Knowledge about the disease (both by patients and providers) needs to be improved, efforts to improve screening and testing need to be intensified, and linkage to care needs to be strengthened.

What is being done to reduce the health disparity? The efforts to combat and eliminate chronic hepatitis B are promising and encouraging. Reports from the department of Human and Health Services (HHS) indicate that “recent developments in science, policy, communication, and health information technology [HIT] represent opportunities for reducing rates of viral hepatitis in the United States and improve health outcomes for infected persons.” A national Viral Hepatitis Action Plan (VHAP) has been launched and is being implemented. The Action plan calls for an improvement in educating providers and communities to reduce viral hepatitis related health disparities, improving testing, care, and treatment to prevent liver diseases and cancer, and strengthening surveillance.

Nationwide, focus on hepatitis B infection and health disparities has increased. Community coalitions are burgeoning. Organizations such as Hep B United, the Hepatitis B Foundation and the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), with the support of the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH), have launched a new national campaign to implement VHAP, Coalition Against Hepatitis in People of African Origin (CHIPO) is another organization that “engages and further educates healthcare, service, and other providers about the importance of hepatitis B testing, prevention, and timely treatment” in African Refugee and Immigrant communities.” In our area, Hepatitis B Coalition of Washington (HBCW) continues to bring hepatitis B awareness and education to the API communities and other populations from high risk regions. HBCW also partners with the Washington State DOH’s Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention program that focuses on preventing the spread of hepatitis B virus from infected mothers to newborn infants. Since its inception, “the HBCW has put hepatitis B screening and immunization for Asian and Pacific Islander communities on the agenda, advocated for hepatitis B and immunization policy, produced culturally sensitive, multilingual materials to educate API and other communities about hepatitis B, disseminated information about hepatitis B, conducted screening and vaccination program, and has continued to reinvent the message and strategies.”

Since 2011, ICHS has assumed a vanguard position in leading the coalition and through the work of coalition coordinators and the health advocacy and education group, it has extended its services, beyond its traditional ties to the API communities, to other refugee and immigrant communities.

So, in commemoration of World Hepatitis Day, HBCW would like to urge you to leave your marks on the fight to reduce hepatitis B health disparity in our communities. It is a winnable fight!!

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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The United States said it was deeply concerned over Vietnam’s conviction and sentencing of an activist last week, calling the trend of increased arrests and harsh sentences of government critics “troubling.’’

A State Department statement on Aug. 17 also called on the communist government to release all political prisoners and allow all individuals to express their views freely and assemble peacefully without fear of retribution.

Le Dinh Luong was sentenced to 20 years in prison and five years’ probation on Aug. 16 after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the government.

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Chinese vice governor, mayor fired over vaccine scandal BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese provincial deputy governor and the mayor of a major city were fired on Aug. 16 as the ruling Communist Party tried to defuse public outrage over revelations of misconduct by a major vaccine producer.

The officials were among four people ordered dismissed following a meeting of the party’s ruling Standing Committee led by President Xi Jinping. It ordered a criminal investigation of a fifth official, a former national drug regulator.

The revelation in July that Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Ltd. falsified production records for an anti-rabies vaccine added to a string of politically damaging scandals over deaths and injuries due to fake or shoddy drugs, food

and other products.

Public anger was fueled by disclosures regulators found possible misconduct by the company last year but failed to take prompt action.

Dismissed were a deputy governor of Jilin province, where Changsheng Life Sciences is headquartered; a deputy chairman of a government advisory body who was a deputy governor in 2015-17; the mayor of the drug maker’s home city of Changchun; and the party secretary and deputy director of the national drug regulator. The party ordered an investigation of a former deputy director of the drug agency.

Changsheng Life Sciences’ CEO and 14 other officials

were reported detained by police earlier.

There have been no reports of injuries, but authorities impounded vaccines and suspended production at the company’s plant. They announced a recall of products from foreign markets but gave no details of where those were.

The country’s No. 2 leader, Premier Li Keqiang, ordered a nationwide investigation of China’s vaccine industry following the disclosures.

Later disclosures showed the company blended expired fluid into vaccines as early as April 2014.

The government has set up a panel of experts to review vaccine safety in China’s $122 billion-a-year pharmaceutical industry. 

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Francisco Joaquin: Detroit lawmaker 63, retired, possibly apologizes for calling DC’s oldest intern opponent racial slur

By ELLEN MCCARTHY THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (AP) — Like any good intern, Francisco A. Joaquin took copious

notes during a seminar on how to get a job.

Build a network. Scrub your social-media presence. Prepare for interview questions.

DETROIT (AP) — A Black Detroit lawmaker has apologized for using racial slurs against an Asian American opponent for state Senate.

Rep. Bettie Cook Scott issued an apology on Aug. 16 after accountability group Progress Michigan revealed Scott used racial slurs to refer to state Rep. Stephanie Chang, the Detroit News reported.

Progress Michigan also revealed this week that Scott told voters during the Aug. 7 primary that she was disgusted to see the Black community support Chang and not “their own people.’’

Scott and Chang were among six Democratic

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23 ACRS OPEN HOUSE, CELEBRATING 10TH YEAR BUILDING ANNIVERSARY ACRS 4-7:30 p.m.

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24 CHILDREN’S SUMMER PARK ACTIVITIES Donnie Chin International Children’s Park, 700 S. Lane St., Seattle 1 p.m.

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26 LITTLE SAIGON FESTI-ROLL Seattle’s Chinatown ID, 1025 S. King St., Seattle 11 a.m.

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29 ECCC’S PRESS CONFERENCE TO ENDORSE “YES! TO AFFORDABLE GROCERS CAMPAIGN” House of Hong Restaurant, 409 8th Ave. S., Seattle 10:30 a.m.

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“ THE MEG ” A NEW SET OF JAWS, WIDE OPEN

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By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The most effective moment in “The Meg” comes softly, and almost silently.

That’s a lesson the rest of the film can’t seem to learn — most of the film screeches and screams, visually, overboard and deeply immersed in CGI overkill.

But when little Shuya Sophia Cai, playing the obligatory cute kid, wanders through the underwater research facility, complete with huge corridors and transparent walls looking out at the deep sea outside, the monster slides up with subtlety. Its skin reflects the bright lights of the station. Its dark eyes reflect nothing. Its mouth, large enough to choke down a Metro bus, slides open and presses against the glass. The little girl looks at the giant. All is quiet.

Until the relentless action comes crashing back in.

The movie’s monster, the main one anyway, turns out to be a Megalodon, properly “Carcharocles megalodon,” a species of giant sharks measuring up to 60 feet long. In real life, the immense toothy critters went extinct approximately 2.6 million years ago. For fictional purposes, though, they’re back, and eating their way through the world’s oceans.

Steve Alten published “The Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror,” in 1997. Alten gave his protagonist, Jonas Taylor, a best friend of Japanese ancestry, but Alten probably did not foresee the strong multicultural aspects of the film version, which differs significantly from his original story.

The little girl, half Chinese Shuya Sophia Cai in only her second film role, manages everything required from an action film’s obligatory cute kid: adorable, wise beyond her years, ridiculously intelligent, and very helpful when it comes to playing Cupid.

Jonas Taylor, played by Jason Statham, is looking for love, but won’t admit it. So is Li Bingbing, playing Cai’s mother, an oceanographer.

Li Bingbing’s already a huge star in her native China, broke through to Englishspeaking audiences with such blockbusters as “Resident Evil: Retribution” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction.” Here, she puts up a tough front, only gradually revealing her character’s vulnerability beneath. Of course, like everyone else in this movie, she’s trying to keep herself, her daughter, and incidentally everyone else from getting eaten.

Taiwanese actor Winston Chao, playing Li Bingbing’s father, isn’t quite so well known in the West, although he’s played Sun Yat-sen on the big screen five times over, and even extended his range into Indian films, such as “Kabali” and “Tik Tik Tik.” He’s soft-spoken but with inner reserves of resolve, though sadly hampered by family drama he prefers to ignore.

Masi Oka, a native of Tokyo who grew up in Los Angeles, gained fame through the kids’ game show “Child’s Play,” and later the “Heroes” TV show. His character falls into jeopardy early, and must make a mighty sacrifice. He reacts with forthrightness, common sense, and prioritizing others above himself. His bravery in the face of disaster impresses.

As is usual in this sort of popcorn film, though, the monster proves to be the real star. The Megalodon, quickly nicknamed the “Meg,” eats anything in its path, tearing and shredding animals, vegetables, and minerals, gulping down anyone of any ethnicity, any small vessel that can’t get out of the way, and a few surprises. This movie doesn’t innovate. It doesn’t manifest any new directions, or much want to. It will go down good with gulped-down popcorn.

Just don’t forget your soda!  “The Meg” is currently playing Seattle theaters. Check local listings for venues, prices, and showtimes.

Andrew can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

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Program makes global friends out of strangers

By CARLA NELSON OPELIKA-AUBURN NEWS AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — When Cassie Chen moved to Auburn from a small city in China three years ago to pursue her master’s degree, she was far from a culture she knew and family that she loved. But with the help of a local program, Friends of Internationals, Chen now has a family away from home.

Friends of Internationals is a community network of volunteers that works to connect incoming international college students with American hosts. These hosts welcome students by helping them learn about local culture and sharing memorable experiences with them.

“I can’t appreciate more how this program helped my life in Auburn,’’ Chen said, who was matched with retired professor Nancy Kincaid. “I am so blessed to have Nancy as my family friend. It’s like having a family here at Auburn that backs me up no matter what happened to me. I always enjoyed sharing

everything that happened during my school and life with Nancy, just like talking to my mom.’’

The number of international graduate students attending Auburn rises each year, and nearly 300 students will relocate

to Auburn this fall. Through Friends of Internationals, these students, who have their own housing and have passed an English proficiency test, can feel more at home. And it’s not just the students who benefit.

“As a former college professor, I love to talk and meet new people and see the world through their eyes,’’ Kincaid said. “I love Auburn and wanted Cassie to know, understand, and maybe love America as I do. While I

wanted to help her in any way I could, I found instead a real friend who is so close to my heart.’’

Founded in 2009, the program works with Auburn University to pair hosts with incoming students.

“The goal is to promote cross-cultural experiences, to allow internationals to have the opportunity to experience the local community, the local culture and help them integrate into a new country, but also a new culture,’’ said Laura Fuller, special projects coordinator of cross cultural programs for Auburn University.

“We have many matches that really enjoy each other and they end up really being like the heart of the family.’’

Students and families must submit an application to participate. The hosts commit to a nine-month agreement to spend time with the students at least once per month. Ninety international students were matched with host families last year.

Opelika resident Angela George and her family hosted see FRIENDS on 13

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Ying Liu: Into time, space, film, dance, and everything else

By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Travel and adapting to foreign cultures has its wonderful moments and devastating moments.

That’s what filmmaker/ interactive artist Ying Liu — coming to Seattle on Aug. 25 and 26 — found out on her first day in America, specifically, Austin, Texas.

Ying Liu’s work, which continues to grow and evolve, involves her filmmaking and the wide-flung discipline known as “performance art,” where the artist, in person, remotely, and/or on video, interacts with the audience. She adds audience participation (to the point where the audience is fully part of the show in some cases); cell phones (her own and others); dance; drama; and virtual reality technology.

But her American experience began with some less-fancy technology, and a harsh jolt of reality.

“I did not have a cell phone,” she remembered. “I had to use the payphone outside the 7-11 by the campus, to let my parents know that I had arrived. I tried to get change from the cashier after purchasing an Arizona tea, but he refused to give me more than 4 quarters.

“Having barely said hi to my parents, the phone call got abruptly disconnected due to lack of funds. I couldn’t help but burst into tears there on the street: would my folks be concerned wondering what just happened, if I couldn’t call back and explain? While

I was crying, a car pulled up. Two women inside rolled down their windows and asked me why I was crying. After I explained, they gave me a small sack of change and drove away.”

This wild up-and-down emotional moment, she reflected, taught her that in this country, changes can happen extremely rapidly, and that the individual has a certain degree of approval, as an individual and not part of the whole. This was very different from her experience growing up on China’s Zhoushan Island.

Not that Ying Liu’s disrespecting her background at all. She remembers the slowmoving ships going back and forth between the island and Shanghai — supplanted, eventually, by faster-moving ferries, and eventually, the Donghai Bridge. A small

cinema showed Hong Kong action movies, and she grew up watching as many of those as possible.

“I was especially fascinated by eccentric characters, and the open and humble attitude of heroes who can basically make friends with anyone, even panhandlers,” she said. “I think that really has shaped me as a person and as an artist, and has driven me to hybridize my work beyond strictly filmmaking, and to collaborate with people from diverse backgrounds.”

She majored in Film Production at the University of Texas at Austin, but she needed a minor. “Performance Art” looked to her like a typographical error in the school’s catalog, and she registered just to see what that was all about. A video and performance artist named Michael Smith

taught that class.

She became so fascinated by Smith and his teachings that she took the class three times over. She also studied the work of another performance artist, the late Stuart Sherman, and put together an 80-minute piece derived from Sherman’s poetry, which played two nights in New York City.

After graduation, Ying Liu moved to BedStuy (Bedford-Stuyvesant) neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y., where she still resides.

“In the neighborhood,” she joked, “I am known by many names: Speeding Ticket and Slowdown (because I walk very fast), Tokyo, and Chinese Lady from China.”

“I have been using my experience and knowledge of filmmaking to navigate territories that I don’t have professional training in, including choreography and theater,” she said. “A woman who has never been a mother before can learn to become a great one. That is how I feel. I like to take on new mediums and skills.”  Ying Liu brings “Show and Tell with Ying Liu: Tiny, Trivial Thoughts – and Tails,” to the Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave. on Aug. 26. A workshop, “Ying of the Hill: A Site-Specific Theatrical Workshop in and about Capitol Hill,” precedes it, on Aug. 25.

For more information, go to nwfilmforum. org/events/show-tell-ying-liu-tiny-trivialthoughts-tails.

Andrew can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ spurs conversation over representation

By DEEPTI HAJELA ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK (AP) — From the time Ricky Yean first heard about “Crazy Rich Asians,’’ he’s been excited to see the movie — and not because he likes romantic comedies (although, for the record, he does.)

For the Taiwanese-American who moved to the U.S. when he was 11, here was something he hasn’t seen — a movie from a major Hollywood studio, with a cast of Asian-American and Asian actors.

So before it hit the big screen on Aug. 15, “I definitely will go and line up,’’ the San Francisco resident said, and “make sure I go see it and bring all my friends.’’

But Sangeetha Thanapal won’t. Even though it’s set in her native Singapore, when she saw the trailer, she said all she saw was a story centered on a specific subset of the already well-represented Chinese-Singaporeans who make up the majority of that country’s population, and no real reference to the minority communities like the Indian-Singaporean one her family hails from. “This movie is going global,’’ said Thanapal, currently living in Melbourne, Australia, “and the idea of Singapore is that we don’t exist in

it.’’

Based on the best-selling first book in the trilogy by Kevin Kwan, “Crazy Rich Asians’’ is making it clear that “representation’’ can look very different depending on where you’re standing.

The premise is a fish-out-of-water story revolving around Rachel Chu, a middleclass Chinese-American woman who goes with her Chinese-Singaporean boyfriend

Nick Young to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore and finds out he and his family are, well, crazy rich. She has to deal with all that entails, including his disapproving mom.

Helmed by director Jon M. Chu and with an international cast including AsianAmerican actresses Constance Wu and Awkwafina, British-Malaysian newcomer Henry Golding, and longtime Malaysian

star Michelle Yeoh, the Warner Bros. film has spurred excitement among AsianAmericans thrilled to see actors who look like them in all the leading roles of a major Hollywood studio film for the first time since 1993’s “The Joy Luck Club.’’

“When you grow up as not being the dominant culture in America, we’ve had to grow up learning and training ourselves to see ourselves in characters and images and people that look very different from us, mostly white people,’’ said actor and comedian Jenny Yang. But someone like the character of Rachel “is kind of like me ... it’s just kind of nice to let your hair down and say, ‘Wow, I can actually see someone where I don’t need to flex this muscle of closing the gap between me and the person.’’’

The stars of the movie themselves have been clear about how groundbreaking they feel the movie is and urged movie-goers to support it, with Wu writing on social media, “I hope Asian-American kids watch CRA and realize that they can be the heroes of their own stories.’’

Just because something is representative in one context doesn’t mean it’s representative for others, say Thanapal and see CRAZY RICH ASIANS on 13

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■ NATIONAL NEWS

FBI: Chinese man kidnapped after business meeting in LA

By MICHAEL BALSAMO ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI is looking for three suspects who kidnapped a Chinese man after a business meeting in the Los Angeles area last month, but authorities haven’t heard from the kidnappers since they demanded a $2 million ransom and the man remains missing, investigators said on Aug. 20.

Ruochen “Tony” Liao, 28, was abducted by three men on July 16 in San Gabriel — about 10 miles east of downtown

Los Angeles — according to Gene Kowel, an assistant special-agent-in-charge at the FBI’s office in Los Angeles.

Liao, who owns a Southern California car dealership that sold high-end cars, such as Porsches and Bentleys, had just finished an evening meeting with several business associates when three men pulled up in two vehicles — a Toyota minivan and a Range Rover — and abducted him, officials said.

After they kidnapped him, the abductors contacted Liao’s family and demanded that they pay a $2 million ransom, but the money was not paid, Kowel said.

On Aug. 20, the FBI released a sketch of one of the men they believe was involved in the kidnapping, who they suspect may have been an acquaintance of Liao. The man, who the FBI identified only as “David,” had attended the business meeting with Liao, according to Matthew Lombard, an attorney for Liao’s family.

Investigators are examining several theories in the case, including the possibility that Liao was involved in a business dispute and Liao had previously been involved see KIDNAP on 14

Former martial arts WWII POWs, buried as studio owner pleads unknowns, to get Hawaii memorial marker guilty to child rape

By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

By AUDREY McAVOY ASSOCIATED PRESS

RENTON, Wash. — Robert Morrison, who owned Lee’s Martial Arts studio in Renton and Maple Valley, pleaded guilty on Aug. 16 to three counts of child rape and other charges for allegedly having sexual contact with some of his underage female students.

The guilty plea came less than a month before Morrison’s Sept. 4 trial date.

Sentencing is set for Sept. 21.

Police arrested Morrison in 2016. The investigation began when state Child Protective Services received a complaint that Morrison, who was 42 at the time, was engaged in inappropriate behavior with one of his martial arts students.

Probable cause documents allege Morrison had sex with the student at his Bellevue home when his wife was not home, and also in his studios in Renton and Maple Valley.

The prosecution is recommending Morrison serve 60 months for each of the four felony counts.

According to court documents, the terms on each of the four counts would run concurrently with each other.

Dan Katzer of the King County

HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Army Air Corps veteran Daniel Crowley endured more than three years of slave labor while being held prisoner by Japan during World War II. Last week, the 96-year-old was in Hawaii to participate in a dedication honoring about 400 Allied prisoners killed when a Japanese ship similar to a vessel he was once on was sunk by U.S. forces unaware the POWs were on board. The men are buried in 20 separate graves marked as “unknowns’’ in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, which is located inside an extinct volcanic crater also known as Punchbowl.

On Aug. 15, Crowley helped to dedicate a memorial stone for the prisoners at the cemetery in Honolulu.

“These are men from the United States Armed Forces who were ignominiously thrown in a pit without marking by the country, our country,’’ Crowley said. “It was a sad thing that they were never recognized before they were buried together in a mixedup grave with no marker.’’

The men were on board the Japanese freighter Enoura Maru in what is now Kaohsiung, Taiwan, when planes from the USS Hornet aircraft carrier bombed it on

Robert Morrison

Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said the state is also recommending Morrison serve community custody if he is released prior to the 60 months in prison.

Along with his sentencing, Morrison must also register as a sex offender and must not hold any position of authority involving minors.

Lee’s Martial Arts is a franchise business. There are about seven branches in the Puget Sound and other owners say they are not associated with Morrison. 

U.S. Army Air Corps veteran Daniel Crowley

Jan. 9, 1945. The Enoura Maru, which was en route from the Philippines to Japan, hadn’t been marked as having POWs on board so the pilots didn’t know they were attacking some of their own.

The 400 were initially buried in a mass grave near the harbor. The U.S. military retrieved the remains in 1946 and sent them to Hawaii for burial.

The group includes not just Americans but also Australians, Canadians, British, Norwegians and citizens of what is now the Czech Republic.

Crowley, who lives in Simsbury, Connecticut, is familiar with some of their see CROWLEY on 15

California governor grants pardons to 3 facing deportation

Wisconsin Hmong community support, therapy program to close

By DON THOMPSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

By LISA SPECKHARD PASQUE THE CAPITAL TIMES

S AC R A M E N T O , Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown announced on Aug. 17 that he pardoned three former prisoners facing the threat of deportation CA Gov. Jerry Brown

to Cambodia, including one who became a youth pastor after serving six years in the 1990s for murdering a rival gang member.

Brown also commuted the sentences of 31 current inmates who can now seek speedier paroles.

Among the pardons are Cambodian refugee Vanna In, who entered the United States at age 3. He served six years for the murder of a fellow gang member at age 17 see DEPORTATION on 12

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — After Xao Her’s husband died in 2004, the Kajsiab House was her refuge. She healed in the community support and therapy program at Journey Mental Health Center created specifically for Hmong individuals like her.

Her husband’s death wasn’t her first hardship. Her husband and sons were

recruited to fight for the U.S. in the Vietnam War and the family was forced to flee its home after the communists took over. But sharing her struggles with friends at the Kajsiab House brought her “bliss,’’ she said through a Hmong interpreter.

“It’s like I cannot breathe at home, and when I come here, I can breathe freely again,’’ she told The Capital Times.

But Kajsiab is closing, and she cried as see THERAPY on 12

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Don’t let democracy die

Two Cambodian journalists, who had worked for U.S.funded Radio Free Asia and are charged with espionage, were released on bail on Aug. 21.

Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin, who is better known by his professional name of Yeang Socheameta, were arrested last November and charged with undermining national security by supplying information to a foreign state.

Their arrests came during Cambodia’s crackdown on the media and political opponents before last month’s general election. Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party swept the results in a vote widely seen as not fair or credible.

Last September, Radio Free Asia closed its office in Cambodia after operating for 20 years, citing unprecedented government intimidation of the media. By the end of last year, the government had closed more than a dozen radio stations, some of which had rebroadcast Radio Free Asia’s programs, and the English-language The Cambodia Daily newspaper was forced to shut down.

The Phnom Penh Post, regarded as the country’s last remaining independent newspaper, was sold to Sivakumar S. Ganapathy, a Malaysian businessman. When its staff

JOAQUIN from 5 Dress the part.

Sitting in a windowless conference room near Union Station, Joaquin dressed the part that July day: tan slacks, button-down shirt, red lanyard. Like the two dozen interns sitting around him — and the thousands of other students who pour into Washington every summer — Joaquin traveled a long way for this opportunity.

Unlike his counterparts, Joaquin put on reading glasses to study the papers in front of him. He qualified for AARP membership more than a decade ago. He has already retired once. And he has a new grandbaby — his fifth — coming this fall.

“Sometimes it is at the back of my head that I’m the youngest in the group,’’ the 63-year-old says with a smile. “But it’s the opposite, you know.’’

No one tracks such social markers as the oldest intern in Washington, but Joaquin — a slim, energetic man with closecropped hair graying at the temples — is surely one of the most senior. He is spending the summer in the D.C. Mayor’s Office of Veterans Affairs, assisting vets, many of them lowincome.

The fifth of six siblings, Joaquin was born in the Philippines in 1955. His mother was a homemaker; his father worked as a bartender. Neither had the chance to stay in school past the sixth grade.

“My mother’s dream was that all of us should have an education,’’ Joaquin recalls. “I educated myself to make sure that I have both the knowledge and education that my parents didn’t have.’’

Joaquin, who goes by his nickname, Jay, won a scholarship to study business administration as an undergraduate in Manila. And after passing an entrance exam, he was granted admission to a law school there.

Joaquin doesn’t consider himself advanced academically; he embodies Woody Allen’s maxim that 80 percent of success

BOX OFFICE from 1 experience,” Golding said. “It’s a real shift in Hollywood.”

Adapted from Kevin Kwan’s best-seller, “Crazy Rich Asians” stars Constance Wu as an American woman who gets a culture shock meeting her boyfriend’s obscenely wealthy family in Singapore. The studio strategically bumped up the film’s opening to a Wednesday earlier in the summer.

“We knew we’d get avids who read the book and a large Asian following,” said Warner Bros. domestic distribution president Jeff Goldstein. “We figured OK, we get good reviews, open on Wednesday, word of mouth will spread and really propel

Yeang Sothearin (left) and Uon Chhin

published an investigation into the new owner’s ties to Hun Sen and the Cambodian government, the editor in chief and the reporters who worked on the story were fired or resigned after refusing to take down the article.

A subsequent exodus of staffers, particularly the expats, depleted the newsroom. Since then, the reporters who remained have had controversial stories spiked or have had

is just showing up. “You could count on my fingers my absences through my school life. ... My mind-set is that I don’t want to miss any learnings or lessons. I just want to make sure I’m in that classroom.’’

In 1986, after just a couple years as a lawyer in the Philippines, Joaquin married an American missionary and followed her back to the United States. They landed in San Diego, where Joaquin learned that his law degree wouldn’t automatically be accepted by the California bar. Feeling pressure to earn an income, he joined the Navy.

Joaquin thought he might stay in the Navy for eight years, 16 at the most. He served for 24 years. He was posted twice in Japan and served 49 months aboard the USS Constellation.

The separation from family is hard on sailors. His first marriage ended childless and in divorce. So did his second and third.

In Japan, he met a fellow Filipino native with two children .

She and Joaquin married in 1992 and soon added three more children to their family.

As the years ticked by, Joaquin could see the bright light of a military retirement growing stronger, so he stayed enlisted.

Plus, he was still learning, becoming an expert on logistics and supply chains. In 2007, he was deployed to Iraq, where he worked with a team of civilian contractors to install counterIED devices.

When he came back, he started to think about retirement.

He spent a year enrolled part time at California Western School of Law to get a master’s in comparative law. And in 2010, at age 55, Joaquin retired as a chief petty officer.

He thought he might finally be in a position to restart his law career but failed the California bar exam, which is known for its difficulty. “One year is not enough time to prepare,’’ he said. So he took other jobs.

But his monthly mortgage payment kept rising, so last summer Joaquin and his wife, Milagros, decided to leave San Diego for Tucson. A week after they arrived, he enrolled at a local community college.

the movie into the weekend, and that’s exactly what happened.”

As recently as July 26, box office experts were predicting that the film would open to at least $18 million over its first five days, but no one expected a launch of over $30 million.

“I think the audience isn’t an obvious audience,” Goldstein said. “When you get a culturally important event like this movie, I think it just takes off like wildfire.”

The stakes were high for the first studioproduced movie led by Asian-Americans in 25 years. The filmmakers even turned down a big offer from Netflix to give the historically significant film a theatrical platform. Cast members and fans started

to censor their own articles in order to comply with the new owner’s wishes.

In Cambodia and across Southeast Asia, it’s become increasingly difficult for reporters to do their jobs. In Reporters Without Borders’ 2018 press-freedom index of 180 countries, Cambodia ranks at 142 — it dropped 10 places in just one year.

In the United States, censorship is not an option, thanks to the Constitution. There is a reason that the First Amendment is first.

Ben Franklin wrote, “Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins.”

President Trump’s emphasis on “fake news” and his attacks on the press as the “enemy of the people” is a danger to our freedom.

Heed The Washington Post’s slogan, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” 

“I was thinking, ‘Why not give another shot for law school?’’’ he recalls. “I already have the knowledge, and I’m not young, but I’m still capable of doing this if I try.’’ He got straight A’s both semesters and was accepted into a University of Arizona advanced JD program that starts this fall.

In part, his motivation is to serve as an example to his kids and grandkids. “I want them to realize that education is ageless,’’ he says.

Joaquin’s internship came about after he attended a conference with his community college’s student veterans organization. There, he learned about the Washington Center’s veterans employment program in Washington and decided to apply. He was one of 25 candidates selected.

At the end of May, Joaquin flew to Washington to find a place where he and Milagros could live for the summer.

(The Washington Center, a nonprofit that helps arrange internships, offers housing, but it isn’t set up for long-married grandparents.) With his military ID, he was able to secure an apartment at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.

Joaquin has spent the summer working four days a week inside a small room at the Mayor’s Office of Veterans Affairs.

(Every Friday, he attends career training at the Washington Center.) There are no pictures on the white walls, but the office is his. Over the past two months Joaquin has built a database, met with veterans who need assistance, facilitated meetings and manned the front desk when the receptionist stepped away. At night, rather than frequent happy hours like so many other interns, Joaquin goes home to his wife.

If it all works out — if he gets his JD and passes the Arizona bar exam — he hopes to spend much of his law career helping veterans.

And if it doesn’t work out, he’ll still be glad he tried. Every once in a while, he considers what his mother might think, if she could see him now, still in school at age 63.

“She would be very, very, very happy,’’ he says, voice catching. “Yes, she would.’’ 

using the hashtag #GoldOpen to try to encourage more opening weekend support.

Director Jon M. Chu tweeted his appreciation on Aug. 19 and asked audiences to keep spreading the word.

“We still have a long run to go but our message to the world has been heard. We have arrived,” Chu wrote. “Now let’s go tell more of our stories! We have a lot more to say. And I don’t want to wait another 25 years to see them. This is only the beginning.”

Despite the success of “Crazy Rich Asians,” other films still found audiences last weekend, including Warner Bros. shark movie “The Meg,” which fell only 53 percent in its second weekend, adding $21.2

million. The Jason Statham-led film has now grossed over $300 million worldwide.

Mark Wahlberg’s action-packed “Mile 22,” his fourth collaboration with director Peter Berg, debuted in third place with an estimated $13.6 million. The STX film had a $35 million production budget.

Launching with $10.5 million, “Alpha,” an Ice Age-set adventure tale, tied for fourth place in its opening weekend with “Mission: Impossible — Fallout.”

In limited release, Sony Pictures Classics’ “The Wife” opened with $111,137, and Roadside Attractions’ “Juliet, Naked” debuted with $60,922. Both films opened in four theaters. 

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PAN from 1 Taylor (63) tied for eighth place in the Wyndham and thus advanced from No. 129 to No. 119 in FedEx Cup points.

Of making the playoffs, Taylor said he would “kind of soak it in and realize that we’ve finally done it. It’s really satisfying to finish it off.”

Ryan Moore (67) of Puyallup tied for sixth place at 16 under

THERAPY from 10 she talked about it.

“If we don’t have Kajsiab House anymore I’m not sure what I’m going to do. I’m not sure how people like me are going to survive,’’ she said.

After 18 years, the healing program for the local Hmong community is closing on Sept. 28 due to a funding problem.

There are disputing accounts explaining what led to the shortfall, but total agreement that it’s a heartbreaking loss for Madison’s Hmong community.

“It’s devastating to Journey. It’s devastating to this community. I am devastated about having to make this decision,’’ said Lynn Brady, president and CEO of Journey Mental Health Center.

“Kajsiab’’ (pronounced “ga shee’ah’’) is the Hmong word for “relief of stress and tension and the freedom from worrying about the safety of loved ones,’’ according to Journey’s website. The program aims to provide that relief to over 100 attendees, including refugees and veterans who fought for the U.S. in the Vietnam War. Some attendees suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, according to Journey, and program manager Doua Vang said most came to the U.S. with histories of trauma. The program was created in 2000 to help battle a cultural stigma against mental health care, he said.

The building that houses the Kajsiab is lined with faded carpet, covered in chipped paint, and furnished with mismatched chairs gathered around tables, but Her said it makes her truly feel the “kajsaib.’’ Art sketched by participants in marker and colored pencil lines the walls, each labeled with an English caption.

Some pieces recall a past in the home country: “This is a picture of my home back in Laos. I planted vegetables. Off in the distance are the beautiful hilltops. It makes me happy when I think about my home in Laos.’’

Some pictures touch on trauma: “The war tore my family apart. I am not happy. I worry and feel empty. My son remains in the old country. My children’s lives are separated.’’

Others are evidence of the simple hope Kajsiab House offers: “I am happy that I am here at Kajsiab House.’’

At Kajsiab, there’s culturally sensitive mental health counselling and therapy. The program also picks clients up from their homes and provides a variety of wrap-around services, helping clients fill out the paperwork for Social Security and food stamps, teaching English and citizenship classes, serving daily meals, and offering Bingo games and

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and is 55th in FedEx Cup points.

Other golfers with local ties who are in the top 125 in FedEx Cup points include Kyle Stanley (18th) of Gig Harbor, Andrew Putnam (35th) of University Place, ex-Husky Joel Dahmen (65th) and Kirkland homeowner Kevin Chappell (78th).

Severe weather led organizers to suspend the third round with 30 players still on the course and bring everybody back to Sedgefield on the morning of Aug. 19, leaving Snedeker

with 29 holes to play on the final day.

Last summer, Snedeker was dealing with a rib injury that didn’t help his confidence.

“To be injured, to be away from the game for five and a half months, to not know what the recovery was going to look like, to not know if you’re going to be 100 percent again and still dealing with it to this day,” Snedeker said. “Still not 100 percent, but I’m way better than I was.” 

community discussions.

Even events as simple as Bingo are purposeful, Vang said: the game can help the participants identify sounds, letters and numbers, useful for tasks like signing their names to documents and making phone calls.

The program model, created explicitly for the Hmong community with professional mental health staff and accompanying services, is unique. Vang said it’s the only one of its kind in the U.S. “There is no program out there that will greet you in your language, that will pick you up in your language, will give you counseling in your language, will feed you your own food that you eat and (allow you) to interact with people on a daily basis that look like you,’’ said Mai Zong Vue, a Hmong community leader and a longtime Kajsiab House volunteer.

Yang Sao Xiong, an assistant professor of social work and Asian American studies at UW-Madison, agreed.

“It’s a space that’s hard to come by even in the city of Madison. You’d think there’d be a lot of facilities for this, but there are few spaces for older adult Hmong men and women to come and gather,’’ Xiong said.

An important part of the program is providing transportation to clients to and from the center, and that’s where the funding deficit reared its head.

States are required to fund non-emergency medical transportation for Medicaid recipients. The state of Wisconsin contracts with Medical Transportation Management to oversee Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus transportation.

As a for-profit broker, MTM does not own vehicles or provide rides, but rather contracts with ride vendors.

Journey contracted with MTM as a vendor for $250,000 and certified Hmong-speaking drivers to bring participants to the program, Brady said.

But the partnership broke down after MTM sent an email to Journey “exploring new rates,’’ Brady said. From there, accounts diverge.

Journey said they tried to respond, asking what MTM meant and what they wanted, but received no response.

They found out MTM had terminated their contract when MTM sent new drivers to pick up their clients in February, Brady said, with “no notice, no plan of transition.’’ Kajsiab clients wouldn’t ride with the new drivers who didn’t speak their language, Brady said.

MTM disputes this account. In a statement, MTM said didn’t receive a reply from Journey and “subsequently awarded the work to another reliable transportation

provider.’’ They then met with Journey to ensure “interruption without service,’’ they said. The State Journal reports that Middleton-based Richwood Transport received the contract and eventually started using Hmong-speaking drivers as it was clear clients would not otherwise come.

MTM also said they did not cancel their contract with Journey, but that their contracts “do not guarantee any level of trip volume.’’

Journey continued the Kajsiab program while they attempted to find a fix, keeping their own Hmong-speaking drivers on because clients trusted and could communicate with them, even though their time was no longer billable, Brady said. Attendance and billable services dropped, and the projected deficit will be around $600,000 by the end of the year.

“If there was any way that we could avoid doing this we would. But we can’t risk the entire organization for this deficit in this program,’’ she said.

Vue believes the funding shortfall came via the incompetence of Journey staff.

“We want to hold Journey accountable for their negligence. My understanding is they lost the contract because the staff did not do their job,’’ Vue said. “I think that is a very huge and costly mistake because now the elders don’t have a place to call home.’’

There may be disagreement about how the program ended, but no one is downplaying the loss.

“I really want people to know about it and to know what a loss this is for Dane County — not just for vulnerable Hmong refugees, but Dane County as a whole,’’ Brady said.

Journey will continue to provide services to the Hmong population, and is bringing some of the Hmong staff from the Kajsiab House to serve in outpatient services, Brady said, “but what works for this community is the model, and that’s the model that we’re losing.’’

Vang served clients who came to Kajsiab with a history of suicidal thoughts and suicidal attempts, but since the program’s start, they have had no hospitalizations or suicides, he said. Vang is worried that when the program closes, the risk of psychiatric hospital visits and suicide will increase.

Her is left with questions.

“Are they closing Kajsiab House down because the participants did something wrong? Have we eaten too much food? Did we not bring enough money?’’ she said.

“Without Kajsiab House here, where will we go and see my friends again? I just don’t know what to do.’’ 

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He subsequently started Jobs of Hope for former gang members, which Brown’s pardon says has “helped dozens of individuals to turn away from gangs and become law abiding, productive citizens.’’ He also became a youth minister at a Mennonite Brethren church and hundreds wrote to the governor attesting to his rehabilitation.

“While the seriousness of the crime can never be minimized,’’ Brown wrote, “I believe that Mr. In should be permitted to have the chance at remaining in a community to which he has devoted a life of service.’’

He is currently under a deportation order after living in the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident, Brown wrote.

Phal Sok served 15 years for a Los Angeles County armed robbery and now works for criminal justice reform.

He was three years old when he came to the United States as a Cambodian refugee and has lived here as a lawful permanent resident for 37 years but is currently under removal proceedings, Brown’s pardon said.

Los Angeles-area businessman Heng Lao served two years for assault with a deadly weapon. Lao is also a Cambodian facing deportation, Brown’s office said, although his circumstances are not outlined in his pardon.

“Those granted pardons all completed their sentences years ago and the majority were convicted of drugrelated or other nonviolent crimes,’’ Brown’s office said in a statement. “Pardons are not granted unless they are earned.’’

Brown has granted 1,186 pardons since returning to the governor’s office in 2011 and granted 404 during his first two terms as governor from 1975 to 1983.

Brown’s father, Edmund G. “Pat’’ Brown had 467 pardons and 55 commutations, but there have been long stretches of very few. From 1991 through 2010, former Govs. Pete Wilson and Gray Davis issued no pardons while Arnold Schwarzenegger handed out just 15.

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Rat — The process of creating is its own reward.

You are able to benefit twice from the same endeavor, both during and after.

Dragon — Although you may not follow your plans exactly as they have been laid out, it is close enough to carry out what you have intended.

Monkey — Something you have been working towards is just within reach. Keep your sights on the prize until it is firmly in your possession.

Ox — A part of you recognizes something that your eyes cannot yet identify. Let that sense of familiarity guide you accordingly.

Snake — Are you having a hard time visualizing what the finished product should look like? At this stage, try focusing more on function.

Rooster — Building upon your last success is as simple as continuing to go forward. The moment you stop, the progress halts as well.

Tiger — Just going through the motions is not enough for you. To be fully satisfied, you will need to seek out the underlying meaning as well.

Horse — Have you been floating around an idea that you aren’t quite sure about? Finding the cause of your hesitation could be helpful.

Dog — Had you imagined a different outcome than the one you are seeing? Changing is not as difficult as it seems.

Rabbit — The right proportions are crucial in attaining a harmonious mix. Too much of any one thing is to be avoided.

Goat — Distance need not keep you apart if you don’t want it to. When appearing in person isn’t an option, find another way to connect.

Pig — Are you suddenly in the mood to try something new? Bring a good friend along to share the adventure together.

What’s your animal sign?

Rat 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008 Ox 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009 Tiger 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 Rabbit 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011 Dragon 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012 Snake 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 Horse 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014 Goat 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 Monkey 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 Rooster 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 Dog 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 Pig 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007

*The year ends on the first new moon of the following year. For those born in January and February, please take care when determining your sign.

RACIAL SLUR from 5 candidates running for state Senate District 1. Chang won the primary.

Scott apologized to Chang, her husband, and the Asian American community.

“We live in a time of increasing divisiveness,’’ she said. “As a state representative, I should never do anything to contribute to an atmosphere of divisiveness

and for that, I am terribly sorry.’’

“It’s not about me,’’ Chang said. “It really is about the comments that she made to Asian Americans and the community more broadly.’’

The Michigan Democratic Party and more than a dozen community groups called for Scott to publicly apologize for her statements this week.

“Bettie Cook Scott needs to apologize to

CRAZY RICH ASIANS from 9 others who have critiques of the world the movie showcases and have pushed back against the idea that it’s something they need to support so that studios see this kind of casting as economically viable.

“Everyone else is told you have to care, even though we are not represented, we can’t see ourselves,’’ said Thanapal, an activist against racism facing Singapore’s Indian, Malay and other minority communities.

“You set a movie in Singapore and the only people in it are Chinese and you consider that representation? That is the problem — it’s because you don’t understand the dynamics,’’ she said. “When people say that is the world of Singapore, they’re saying that minorities don’t exist.’’

Singaporean writer Kirsten Han was uncomfortable with a movie that is about a very specific world — superrich Chinese-Singaporeans — being promoted as a win for representation overall.

“Yes, it is a win for representation. In America,’’ she said. “The lack of ethnic minorities, who do make up a

FRIENDS from 8 two Chinese students in 2016 and plan to be a host this year as well. George said she believes it is a great experience for her children.

“I really want my kids to have that experience with other cultures,’’ George said. “I think exposing them to this opportunity, since we’re so close to an organization that does this, it just made sense for our family to continue to do it.’’

Chen said the experience has helped her adjust to life in the

ASIAN GAMES from 4 into the stadium and its helmeted driver disappeared into a tunnel moments before the real Jokowi appeared in the VIP area.

Much of the stadium infield was filled with a rainforestcovered volcano scene that formed the backdrop for a show based on air, earth, wind and fire themes and featuring thousands of performers representing the dozens of ethnic groups in Indonesia, a country of more than 260 million people.

the entire Asian American community,’’ said Brandon Dillon, party chairman. “If an individual doesn’t share our fundamental values of tolerance, decency, and respect, they should find another party.’’

The state’s Department of Civil Rights said Scott needs to commit to a “guided learning process’’ to address her behavior so she can adequately serve all her constituents, regardless of race or

It concluded Susi Susanti, the 1992 Olympic badminton gold medalist, igniting the cauldron.

Susanti was Indonesia’s first Olympic champion, and she was the final torchbearer before triggering a spectacular eruption and lava flow.

Organizing committee chairman Eric Thohir said the games would highlight Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, as a model of harmony and emphasize the diversity of Asia.

“We are all here to celebrate our diversity, to celebrate our differences, to celebrate our

significant part of the population, is just the same kind of Chinese-majority dominance that we would see in any other media in Singapore.’’

The film does feature a scene at a night market where vendors at various shops explain how each has perfected one dish over generations.

Those involved with the movie have said that it’s only a piece of the whole. Wu wrote, “For those who don’t feel seen, I hope there is a story you find soon that does represent you. We’re not all the same, but we all have a story.’’ 

United States, and Auburn, in a meaningful way.

“Nancy and I have had a lot of wonderful memories together and shared happiness and sorrow with each other,’’ Chen said.

“Sometimes we just sit and chat and didn’t realize a whole afternoon has passed. I just can’t imagine what my life would be without this program, without Nancy in my life.’’

“By reaching out to others, we always gain so much more in our lives,’’ Kincaid said. “I see the program as a bridge for some, but a lifelong connection for others.’’ 

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Although the kidnappers had reached out initially to demand the ransom, Liao’s family has not heard from them in about a month, he said.

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Liao’s relatives, who live in China, are offering a $150,000 reward, in addition to a $25,000 reward being offered by the FBI for information that could lead them to locating Liao.

“He is a deeply loved person by his family,” Lombard said.

“He’s their only child and they are very, very concerned for him.” 

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23, police believe he drove into the crossfire of a shootout between rival gangs, becoming an accidental victim.

Since that fateful day, little progress has been made toward solving the crime.

“The murder of Donnie is an increasingly hard case for us at Seattle Police Department (SPD), because there was not a lot of evidence at the scene,” Green said.

The only lead the police have are the shell casings leftover from the incident. Green said the police will test guns using the same bullets in other crimes, both locally and nationally, but so far the gun used in Chin’s murder has not turned up.

Police didn’t find anything new when they ran the casings through testing after an update to ballistics identification technology last year.

“That firearm has not been used again in any crime,” Green said.

Otherwise, there was no video of the shooting and no eyewitnesses have come forward. Green said he believes there were people who saw the event, but potential witnesses who were initially taken in for questioning were uncooperative.

Since then, no one else has stepped forward with substantial knowledge.

So what now?

The case is still assigned to two detectives, and it will stay assigned to them throughout their careers. If they get any tips, they will act on them, Green said. SPD doesn’t believe in cold cases, he said, but he admitted that the detectives couldn’t do

Korea’s Diamond Mountain resort comes as the rival Koreas boost reconciliation efforts amid a diplomatic push to resolve a standoff over North Korea’s drive for a nuclear weapons program that can reliably target the continental United States.

The temporary reunions are highly emotional because most participants are elderly people eager to see their loved ones once more before they die. Most of their families were driven apart during the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended in a ceasefire, not a peace treaty, leaving the Korean Peninsula still in a technical state of war.

Buses carrying about 90 elderly South Koreans and their family members were moving into the Diamond Mountain resort after crossing into North Korea. Earlier in the morning, the South Koreans, some in wheelchairs and aided by Red Cross workers, had left the buses briefly to enter the South Korean immigration office in the eastern border town of Goseong.

They were to reunite with their long-lost North Korean relatives on the afternoon of Aug. 20 at the start of a three-day reunion.

Past reunions have produced powerful images of elderly Koreans crying, embracing and caressing each other.

Nearly 20,000 people have participated in 20 rounds of face-to-face reunions since 2000. Another 3,700 exchanged video messages with their North Korean relatives under a short-lived communication program from 2005 to 2007.

No one has had a second chance to see their relatives.

Many of the South Korean participants are war refugees born in North Korea who will be meeting their siblings or the infant children they left behind, many of them now into their 70s.

Park Hong-seo, an 88-year-old Korean War veteran from the southern city of Daegu, said he always wondered whether he’d faced his older brother in battle.

After graduating from a Seoul university, Park’s brother settled in the North Korean coastal town of Wonsan as a dentist in 1946. After the war broke out, Park was told by a co-worker that his brother refused to flee to the South because he had a family in the North and was a surgeon in the North Korean army.

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much until something new comes up.

“A lot of it is waiting,” Green said. “What we’re in dire need of is for someone who was physically there to come forward and say this is what I saw.”

In an attempt to find someone who can talk, SPD had Crime Stoppers translate wanted posters to Somali and Eritrean and place them in East African communities, such as the New Holly neighborhood.

The shooting took place outside of a hookah lounge frequented by people who are East African and police believe that at least one of the gangs involved in the shootout were East African.

The posters were put up last month, though no one has

Park fought for the South as a student soldier and was among the allied troops who took over Wonsan in October 1950.

The U.S.-led forces advanced farther north in the following weeks before being driven back by a mass of Chinese forces after Beijing intervened in the conflict.

Park learned that his brother died in 1984. At Diamond Mountain, he will meet his North Korean nephew and niece, who are 74 and 69, respectively.

“I want to ask them what his dying wish was and what he said about me,’’ Park said in a telephone interview. “I wonder whether there’s a chance he saw me when I was in Wonsan.’’

During the three years since the reunions were last held, the North tested three nuclear weapons and multiple missiles that demonstrated they potentially could strike the continental United States.

North Korea has shifted to diplomacy in recent months. Leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jaein, a son of North Korean war refugees, agreed to resume the reunions during the first of their two summits this year in April.

South Korea sees the separated families as the largest humanitarian issue created by the war, which killed and injured millions and cemented the division of the Korean Peninsula into the North and South. The ministry estimates there are currently about 600,000 to 700,000 South Koreans with immediate or extended relatives in North Korea.

But Seoul has failed to persuade Pyongyang to accept its long-standing call for more frequent reunions with more participants.

The limited number of reunions cannot meet the demands of divided family members, who are now mostly in their 80s and 90s, South Korean officials say.

More than 75,000 of the 132,000 South Koreans who have applied to participate in reunions have died, according to the Seoul ministry.

Analysts say North Korea sees the reunions as an important bargaining chip and doesn’t want them expanded because they give its people better awareness of the outside world. While South Korea uses a computerized lottery to pick participants for the reunions, North Korea is believed to choose based on loyalty to its authoritarian leadership. 

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come forward as a result, Green said.

Mayor Jenny Durkan made a campaign promise that Chin’s murderer would be brought to justice. At her swearing-in ceremony at the Wing Luke Museum, she proclaimed “I will not forget Donnie Chin.”

Police Chief Carmen Best, who was sworn in earlier in the day, also previously stated her dedication to finding Chin’s murderer.

Neither Best or Durkan were in attendance at the Chinatown meeting.

After Green’s update, only one person asked a question related to the case.

After the meeting, Richard Mar, who worked with Chin at the International District Emergency Center, could only say he was “disappointed.” He had no comment because there was no update, he quipped.

Constance Chin-Magorty, who attended the meeting wearing a t-shirt adorned with a picture of her brother, declined an interview.

If anything new does come up, Green rest assured that Chin-Magorty would be the first to know.

“We work for the family,” he said.  If you have a tip in this case, call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS. Zachariah can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

CROWLEY from 10 ordeal because he experienced a version of it himself.

The Army shipped him to the Philippines in 1941 after he enlisted as an 18-year-old in his hometown of Greenwich. It was a tropical paradise at first, he said, until Japan attacked in December.

The Army gave him and his fellow soldiers little or no training and equipped them World War I-era rifles, he said. By April, his commanders surrendered thousands of U.S. forces at Bataan. Crowley escaped to Corregidor Island, where he fought alongside U.S. Marines for another month. This time, he was taken into Japanese custody and paraded down the streets of Manila.

Eighteen months of brutal labor building an air strip on the Philippine island of Palawan followed.

“If you didn’t move it, you were beaten immediately. Nothing was held back. They’d swing for your head with a pickaxe handle,’’ he said.

Each prisoner would get about 600 calories worth of food a day — just enough to keep them alive, he said.

Crowley’s ship took 17 days to reach Japan from the Philippines after taking a circuitous route to avoid attacking U.S. planes.

The conditions on the ships transporting prisoners to Japan were so horrific the Americans called them “hellships.’’

Crowley recalls being held below deck in such cramped conditions he could only squat — not lie down or stand. The prisoners

had to defecate and urinate where they were, leaving their waste to cascade down to platforms below where more prisoners were held.

“You were showered constantly,’’ he said.

Their captors lowered rice to them once a day in a bucket that had earlier held excrement. The prisoners had to reach into the bucket for their share. Sometimes the men fought.

“Some men lost it completely and sank their teeth into the nearest person for liquid.

They wanted a drink. There was no water ration,’’ Crowley said.

Each day they’d collect those who had died and throw them over the side of the ship. That was actually a good job to have, Crowley said, because it meant you could get fresh air.

“It’s hard to really describe in graphic enough detail for mixed readers of a family newspaper,’’ Crowley said.

Once in Japan, Crowley spent the rest of the war working in two different copper mines.

After the war, he found a stigma followed those who had been prisoners of the Japanese military. Major companies wouldn’t hire them. His older brother told him not to tell anyone he was a former POW. “They felt you couldn’t be mentally balanced if you had been through this nightmare,’’ he said. Crowley made a living in sales by commission.

He counts himself lucky to have survived.

“I had a tenacious desire to live, I guess,’’ Crowley said. “I was going to beat it. I was going to get home.’’ 

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AUGUST 25 – AUGUST 31, 2018

36 YEARS

Keiro Northwest has proudly served our community for more than 40 years. Recently we were given a letter heading into our August 9th Town Hall. Although addressed to specific individuals, none of these individuals received the letter prior to our event. We are saddened that many statements in the letter are not representative of truth and are in fact erroneous or grossly taken out of context. We would like to assure our supporters of the following truths: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

We are a charitable nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and a Washington public benefit corporation We have not discussed selling our organization with outside parties We are not building new facilities at this time Our Annual Statement is made available late Q3 in coordination with our outside auditors We afford appropriate protections to the sensitive and confidential information of our current and former residents and employees Our Annual Founders’ Golf Benefit is not our flagship fundraising event, but we are very proud of the sense of community it promotes and grateful to all of our participants In 2018, our Lunar New Year Event (flagship fundraising event) raised a record-breaking $400K! This year we raised funds for the Keiro Café, which will serve as a much needed communal space for residents, families, and community members to congregate and socialize The recent move of our rehab space was not to make room for this communal space Operational changes are not always popular, but resident safety and the spirit of Kimochi are our priorities Given the age of our facilities, we will continue to evolve our buildings and operations to provide the best quality of service, to ensure the best quality of life Our clinical staff turnover is less than 20%, far below the industry average of 70% Our senior leadership team boasts an average tenure of 5+ years We are VERY proud recipients of the 5-Star Quality Rating* (Keiro Rehab & Care Center) and the Bronze Quality Award ** (Nikkei Manor) – demonstrating our team’s commitment and hard work!

Keiro Northwest is diligently responding to the financial challenges currently facing the entire nursing industry.

We continue to value our culture of transparency and legacy of working collaboratively with our community members. We thank our many supporters who have already engaged with us in a productive dialogue about the future of our organization. We recognize there are more of you to reach. In order to continue this dialogue we will be hosting a series of “Keiro Conversations” in our Kimochi Room on the first Tuesday of each month starting September 4th (2 – 4 PM). We, Keiro’s management and Board, will make ourselves available to you for questions, ideas, and/or feedback. We know many of you care about this organization just as much as we do and we want to create every opportunity possible to work together, move forward, and serve this community for another 40 more years and BEYOND! *Awarded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) since 2011 **Awarded by the American Healthcare Association, National Center for Assisted Living

Frank Fukui, Board President | Bridgette Takeuchi, CEO | Tomio Moriguchi, Co-Founder | Bill Tashima Brenda Handley | Dennis Yamashita | Hideo Suganuma | Jerry Lee | Julie Ann Oiye | Katie Lai | Nicholas Ong Ted Tomita | Vicki Toyohara-Mukai | Willon Lew | Keiro Northwest Senior Leadership Team If you have any other questions, please reach out to AskKNW@KeiroNW.org

Keiro Northwest is a non-profit health and wellness organization dedicated to seniors and their families in the Pacific Northwest.

We are committed to making every day the best day for our residents and participants and strive to enhance the quality of life and independence of our elders through honoring Nikkei (Japanese) cultures and values.