The Independent - 04.03.2020

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WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2020

I don’t want your virus in my


country, Singaporean is told as


man punches him


Jonathan Mok posted a picture immediately after the attack (left) and then another (right) the following day showing the swelling
(Jonathan Mok/Facebook)


RORY SULLIVAN


A young man who was beaten up in a racist attack on one of London’s busiest streets has said he was
targeted because of coronavirus.


Jonathan Mok, a 23-year-old student from Singapore, said he was attacked at around 9.15pm on 24 February
on Oxford Street.


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