(Gabriel Yiu) Last week, the Vancouver victim in a police assault incident in 2010, Yaowei Wu, who recently reached an out-of-court settlement for his civil case against the City of Vancouver, donated $7,000 to the BC Civil Liberties Association through the concerned community group that assisted him in his case. The donation is meant to support BCCLA’s work of civil rights protection in the Chinese community to assist those who need help.
Soon after Wu’s story of police assault was reported in the media, a group of concerned citizens rallied around Wu to raise funds for him and his family and help them through the ordeal with professional counselling. All the funds raised for him by the group, including interests, have now been donated by Wu to the civil rights organization. With the donation, Wu aims to help others in need. Members of the Concerned Group are Bill Chu, Thekla Lit, Gabriel Yiu, Tommy Tao, Chak Au, and Thomas Lou.
Wu’s action received high praise from Thekla Lit of the Concerned Group: “Many Chinese people would simply put up with it when they are bullied, never mind standing up for themselves against authority. Wu deserves our admiration. After he got his justice back for himself, he turned his attention to the care of the less fortunate in society.”
Gabriel Yiu, another member of the Concerned Group, pointed out that both Wu and the Concerned Group agreed that donating the money to a local civil rights organization would be the best thing to do. Yiu said that former BCCLA executor director, David Eby, had indicated before leaving the organization that a portion of the money would be used to build a Chinese webpage to introduce the association’s mandate and work to the Chinese community, so they would know to contact the association when in need of assistance. Eby mentioned that the association had a Chinese-speaking staffer serving the public already.
Yiu said that Wu’s story would appear in the BCCLA Chinese webpage once it is constructed, which he hoped would encourage members of the Chinese community to speak up and speak out for their rights.
Wu Wei Yao (middle) presented a cheque to BCCLA through Bill Chu (right) and Gabriel Yiu (left) of the Concerned Group:
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