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Lionel Terry hate crime, 1905

On 24 September Edward Lionel Terry committed a racial hate crime when he murdered Joe Kum Yung, an elderly Chinese man, in Wellington’s Haining Street. After turning himself in, he was to spend nearly half a century in mental hospitals. Read more.

Lionel Terry hate crime, 1905

On 24 September Edward Lionel Terry committed a racial hate crime when he murdered Joe Kum Yung, an elderly Chinese man, in Wellington’s Haining Street. After turning himself in, he was to spend nearly half a century in mental hospitals. Read more.