Nation Briefs
November 25, 2005
Sketch Released of Suspect in Deliveryman Murder
NEW YORK — Police released a sketch of the person they’re looking for in connection with the killing of 54-year-old FaHua Chen, a Chinese food deliveryman.
He was gunned down last month after making a delivery to a building in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.
The suspect is described as 20 to 26 years old with a thin build.
Anyone with any information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
A $13,000 reward is being offered.
3 More Suspects Charged in Delivery Driver Slaying
NASHVILLE, Tenn. –– Gabriel L. Massengale, 30, Joseph T. Ferrell, 20, and Curtis Dewayne Grigsby, 18, have been arrested in connection with the Halloween night slaying of restaurant deliveryman Ji Hong Peng, 37, on the Tennessee State University campus.
Anthony J. Patton, 15, and Ronnie Cortez Akins, 17, were apprehended earlier. All five are charged with criminal homicide, aggravated robbery and attempted kidnapping.
Peng, a lawyer from China, was working as a temporary restaurant deliveryman as a favor while in Nashville visiting his wife and 7-year-old son on a break from additional law studies in Japan.
He was delivering food to a dormitory when two men robbed him, shot him and stole his car on Oct. 31.
Police said the five suspects were riding in Massengale’s car when they saw and followed Peng’s Honda. Akins is believed to be the shooter, but Patton and Ferrell were also present.
Hepatitis B Ed Needed in APA Communities
Research Triangle Park, N.C. — One in three Asian Americans has lost a family member due to complications of chronic hepatitis B, but one in five is not even aware of the risks from hepatitis B.
The results come from a survey of 800 Chinese, Vietnamese and Koreans in cities with high Asian populations. Most were foreign-born.
Eddie Cheung, M.D., president of the Chinese American Physicians Society, said, “Simply being an Asian American is not a risk factor in and of itself; however hepatitis B continues to be an important and ongoing health problem in Asian American communities where a lot of immigrants are not screened and do not vaccinate their children.”
Hepatitis B is acquired from an infected mother, or spread through direct contact with blood and other bodily fluids, such as sharing toothbrushes or razors, getting tattoos, and having sex.
4 Japanese Vets in Books
WASHINGTON –– Four Japanese American veterans of the U.S. Army have been featured in two books published by the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.
The life of Dr. Warren Tsuneishi, a Military Intelligence Service veteran of the liberation of Philippines, is featured in Voices of War.
The experiences of Yeiichi Kelly Kuwayama and Dr. Norman Ikari, two veterans of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and Carolyn Hisako, a nurse in the Vietnam War, were written up in Forever a Soldier.
Voices of War is a collection of 30,000 oral history interviews. Forever a Soldier contains letters and diaries of 37 men and women.
Desi Woman School Director Charged with Rape
NEW YORK –– An Indian American woman administrator at a Manhattan Montessori school has been charged with the statutory rape and sodomy of a male student, who later grew up to become a New York City police officer.
The alleged abuse lasted for several years, but began when the boy was 13 and the administrator, Lina Sinha, was 29, and a teacher, prosecutors said.
Sinha, 38, and director at the Montessori school, surrendered to police and was charged with having sexual contact with a minor.
Sinha said through her lawyers that the charges are “absolutely false. … There was no sexual relationship between [us].”
NYC ChiAm Couple Kill Selves, Their Kids
NEW YORK –– A Chinese American couple killed their two young children before committing suicide with carbon monoxide from burning coals, the medical examiner’s office said.
The family was identified as Fred Wang and his wife, Christine, both 42, their 11-year-old son, Dennis, and their 8-year-old daughter, Serena.
Police said a cousin found the bodies in their Harlem apartment after family members in Taiwan said they had received a letter from Christine despairing about a failed business venture.
Coals were burning in bowls in the Wangs’ bedroom and a blanket was hanging over the door, police said. The drapes had been pulled closed.
A grandmother who lived with the family was found in another bedroom, but was not harmed by the fumes.
IndoAm Charged with Selling B-2 Stealth Secrets
HONOLULU –– Noshir S. Gowadia, an Indian American engineer formerly employed with Northrop Corporation, has been arrested by the FBI for passing top-secret military technology to three foreign governments.
Gowadia, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in India, was arrested in Haiku, Hawai’i, where he has been living for the past six years.
He was an engineer with Northrop between 1968 and 1986 when the company was involved in the design and manufacture of the B-2 Spirit Bomber, also known as the stealth bomber.
The FBI says in 2002, Gowadia faxed a document detailing infrared technology classified top-secret by the Air Force.
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