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The small Seattle chapter of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) has surprised many with its boldness and drive to host the national convention on Aug. 6-9 for the first time in the Emerald City.

“We were the newest and smallest chapter of CACA two years ago,” said {see CACA cont’d on page 16}

Mercer Island woman killed, 3 other Washington residents injured in head-on crash in Montana BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Two people were killed and four were injured in a head-on crash on U.S. 310 in south-central Montana.

The Montana Highway Patrol says a northbound Chevy Malibu driven by a 66-year-old man from Mercer Island, Washington, crossed into the southbound lane near Bridger and crashed head-on into a Pontiac driven by a 29-year-old man from Powell, Wyoming, on Monday afternoon.

All four people in the Malibu were from Washington state. Three were hurt and one was killed.

The Billings Gazette reports 67-year-old Jeannette Wong, of Mercer Island; and 24-year-old Wesley Johnson, of Powell, were killed. Wong’s daughters Leigh and Robin were in the {see WONG cont’d on page 13}

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Shilla love triangle scandal Prominent Seattle restaurant owner accused of being “ringleader” in kidnapping and beating case

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Seattle restaurant owner Scott Koh and three of his employees were arrested late last month on charges of kidnapping and beating a man identified as the lover of Koh’s estranged wife. King County Prosecutors described Koh as the “ringleader” of a calculated plot to harm Chris McMonagle.

However, many within the Korean community are supporting Koh despite the allegations.

According to court documents, Koh and three employees of his Korean Restaurant, Shilla, beat and pistol whipped the 40-yearold man that is romantically linked to Koh’s wife. McMonagle was bound with zip ties and put into Koh’s Lexus. It was also revealed that he was repeatedly tasered {see SHILLA cont’d on page 16}

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Trash to treasure Contests and crowds at 2015 Dragon Fest Visitors to the Dragon Fest in Chinatown last weekend were treated to an unusual runway fashion show and contest. What made it unusual? All materials used to create the designs were required to be recycled. The preparation for the show started at the Northwest Asian Weekly office, where it turned into a circus with makeup sessions, practice runway walks, and model fittings. Out of the many entries received, there ended up being 26 finalists. First place received $250, second place $150, and everyone received a goody bag. But according to Honorable Mention awardee Evergreen Chinese Church: “Process is more important than the reward.”

Take a look at some of the ingenuous designs and winners on page 9.

Photo by George Liu/NWAW

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WORLD Pacquiao seeks mercy for death row victim » P. 5

Contestants on the runway stage

The Inside Story NAMES People in the news » P. 2

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COMMUNITY Canton Alley gets a makeover » P. 6

LAYUP DRILL Basketball still towers this summer » P. 8

EDITORIAL Don't discount Orca discounts! » P. 11

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■ names in the news Possible Presidential Medal of Freedom to honor Endo

State Senator Richard Pan addressing the California State Senate on behalf of SJR 12. Photo: Lorie Shelley

The California State Senate voted 38-0 to pass SJR 12, a Joint Resolution supporting nominating Mitsuye Endo for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The resolution will now go to the California State Assembly where it has been co-sponsored by Mitsuye Endo nine State Assembly Members. A vote is expected in August.

Endo was one of four plaintiffs who challenged the constitutionality of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II. She won a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision in late 1944 that led to the closing of the camps and allowed Japanese Americans to begin returning to the west coast. 

Kamphausen appointed director of NBR’s Washington, D.C. office The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) announced that Roy Kamphausen has been named Senior Vice President for Research and Director of the Washington, D.C.,office.

Kamphausen’s NBR publications include the last eight volumes from the annual China’s People’s Liberation

Army (PLA) Conference. His analysis appears regularly in major international media, including Foreign Policy, Financial Times, New York Times, National Public Radio, and Newsweek.

Prior to joining NBR, Kamphausen served as a U.S. Army officer. As a China Foreign Area Officer, his career included assignments as China policy director in the Office Roy Kamphausen of the Secretary of Defense, China strategist for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and as a military attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. 

Candlelight vigil held for Benito Enriquez in the ID

Imada inducted into Minority Business Hall of Fame

Bill Imada

Bill Imada has been inducted into the Minority Business Hall of Fame, located at the University of Washington Foster School of Business. Imada founded IW Group, in 1990, a minority-owned and operated full service communications firm that focuses especially on growing Asian American and other multicultural markets in the United States. His dedication to the education of present and future minority business leaders has led him and the IW Group to help develop and sustain the first Asian Pacific Islander American national college scholarship fund. 

Dance This!

Vigil for Benito Enriquez

There was a candlelight vigil for Benito Enriquez, July 10 at Fifth Avenue South and South Weller St.in Seattle’s International District. Enriquez was savagely beaten to death on June 27th in the approximate area. According to Frank Irigon, community activist, “His death highlights the public safety needs of the Chinatown International District neighborhood.” 

The Moore Theater in Seattle showcased Seattle area youth with DANCE THIS, hosted by the Seattle Theater Group (STG) July 10-11.

STG brought the DANCE Student dancers from Melody Institute THIS 17th production with an intersection of different styles, performed by students. Performances included numbers from Harlem Renaissance, AfroBrazilian, Chinese, Indian, Tongan, Samoan, Breaking, and Hip Hop. 

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■ community NEWS

Mariners hold Filipino Night

Fans on the Jumbotron

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly The Seattle Mariners held a Filipino Heritage Night on Thursday, June 18th at Safeco Field against the San Francisco Giants. Several sections of Safeco Field were dedicated for those honoring Filipino Heritage. In addition, fans that purchased tickets for the night received T-Shirts with the Filipino flag colors.

Sheila Burrus threw out the Group First Pitch on behalf of the Filipino Community of Seattle.

Although the Mariners lost the game 7-0, it was a fun evening at the ball park with great weather.

Notably, Tim Lincecum, who is

from Kent, attended the University of Washington, is part Filipino. He did not pitch for the Giants on Thursday as he had pitched against the Mariners on Tuesday of last week.

The television broadcast did a small feature on Bobby Balcena, the first Filipino to play ––in Major League Baseball.

Baseball played for the Cincinnati Redlegs (now known as Reds) in 1956. Prior to that Balcena played for the Triple A minor league Seattle Rainiers in the 1950s.

Balcena passed away at the age of 64 in 1990. $4 from each ticket purchased from the Filipino Heritage Night promotion would benefit the Filipino Community of Seattle according to the Mariners. 

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■ national NEWS

■ world NEWS

Chinese counterfeiter Ex-doc in Vegas finds a comfortable hepatitis C spread life in California sentenced

By Erika Kinetz and Elliot Spagat Associated Press

SHANGHAI (AP) — The Chinese woman has a history of selling counterfeit luxury goods. She has been sued in the U.S. by eight luxury brands. She owes Chanel Inc. $6.9 million for selling products online under its name.

None of it has stopped Xu Ting, a 45-year-old immigrant, from achieving a comfortable suburban life in San Diego with her husband and their 3-year-old son.

Last year, she became a legal resident.

China is not the only country with a counterfeiting problem. Most fakes are made in China, but they are sold in America, where counterfeiting is rarely prosecuted as a crime. Lack of cooperation with China makes it easy for counterfeiters to move their money beyond reach — and hard to root out counterfeiting kingpins.

As long as counterfeiters can stay out of jail and hold on to their profits — and consumers continue to buy — the trade in fakes will thrive.

“There’s a million ways to game the system,” said Dan Plane, an intellectual property lawyer in Hong Kong. “Probably the only thing that’s going to stop her is when she passes away — probably on an island resort somewhere — or if she gets

arrested.”

So far, Xu Ting has simply refused to show up in court. She has worked toward a graduate degree at San Diego State University, helped her family accumulate at least $890,000 in bank accounts in China, and bought a $585,000 house with her husband, public records and court cases show.

“The essential point for Chanel is really shutting down the counterfeiting operations which we did successfully,” Chanel spokeswoman Kathrin Schurrer wrote in an email. Schurrer added that the legal process is ongoing and declined further comment, but did note that “California has a law prohibiting the civil seizure of a home if it is a primary residence.”

In 2009, a Florida judge ruled against Xu Ting and shut down seven websites selling fake Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs and Celine.

In 2010, Gucci and other brands in France’s Kering group filed a lawsuit in New York federal court against Xu Ting, her future husband, and eight others who allegedly sold more than $2 million worth of fake handbags and wallets online to U.S. customers. {see COUNTERFEITER cont’d on page 12}

By Ken Ritter Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal judge had scathing words for a once-prominent Las Vegas doctor he sentenced to almost six years and ordered to repay $2.2 million to insurance firms and the government in a fraud case arising from the largest medical office hepatitis C outbreak in Nevada history.

“It’s mind-boggling. This kind of fraud and these kinds of dollars, incurred on the backs of 40,000 to 60,000 people,” U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks in Reno told Dipak Kantilal Desai. “It almost strikes a chord of disbelief. It was only for the purpose of greed.”

Desai, 65, offered a mumbled apology.

“I am sorry, sir,” Desai said, halting and

Dipak Kantilal Desai

sobbing. “I am sorry ... for the two people.

Thank you.”

Desai pleaded guilty in April to federal health care fraud and conspiracy charges in a plea deal that avoided trial on a 26-count {see DESAI cont’d on page 12}

Does the Chinese stock market affect you?

By Ken Sweet AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The extreme volatility in China’s stock market is ongoing and about half of the 2,800 companies listed in the country’s mainline index have suspended trading of their shares.

Markets bounced back strongly Thursday after the Shanghai composite lost another 5.9 percent the previous day, meaning a 30 percent decline since peaking June 12.

The impact on Chinese investors is direct, but for investors in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere, it’s not as simple. China’s market is largely isolated from other world exchanges, but there are worries the financial

damage could hurt the broader Chinese economy, which is the second-largest in the world.

Here’s what has happened: HOW DID THE BUBBLE BEGIN? There have been signs of overheating in China for a while. Shares in Shanghai more than doubled over the past year, despite evidence the Chinese economy is slowing.

Chinese economic growth fell to 7 percent from January through March, the slowest quarter since 2009. At the same time, stateowned media has encouraged ordinary {see BUSINESS cont’d on page 11}

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■ world news

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Pacquiao seeks mercy for Filipino on death row

By Oliver Teves Associated Press

Pacquiao and Veloso

As habitats vanish, migratory birds flock to N. Korea shores

By Eric Talmadge Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — To the untrained eye, it’s just a lot of birds on an otherwise deserted stretch of muddy, flat coastline. But for ornithologists, North Korea’s west coast is a little piece of paradise each spring — and both the birds and a dedicated group of birdwatchers travel a long way to get there.

While North Korea is wary of letting foreigners inside its borders, a recent trip by a New Zealand research team to the mudflats near Nampo, southwest of the capital, Pyongyang, underscores some tentative but significant progress by outside scientists to conduct smallscale research projects — as long as they don’t rub up against sensitive topics and are seen as useful to North Korea itself.

Last year, for example, an international team of scientists was allowed to set up seismographs and other equipment to monitor ominous activity on Mount Paektu, a huge volcano that straddles North Korea’s border with China.

In typical North Korean style, the New Zealand ornithologists were told not to take photos of the birds in some places. Their mobile phone and computer access was also partly restricted. But the researchers say that overall, the trip went smoothly.

“They took us where we needed to go,” team member Keith Woodley, who is now back in New Zealand, told The Associated Press by phone. “They evaluate the places we need to go and they make it happen. It’s very good cooperation.”

The trip in May was part of a four-year study {see TOKYO cont’d on page 13}

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao prayed with a Filipino woman on death row in Indonesia and promised to appeal for clemency in the latest bid from her country to save her.

Pacquiao and his wife, Jinkee, spent about an hour with Mary Jane Veloso early Friday at a Yogyakarta jail.

Veloso was sentenced to death for drug trafficking after heroin was found hidden in her luggage at the Yogyakarta airport in 2010. She was granted a last minute stay of execution in April, but eight other convicts — two Australians, four Nigerians, a Brazilian and an Indonesian — were executed.

“Mary Jane gave Pacquiao a scarf with his name, `Pacman,’ written on it. She made it on her own when she heard that Pacquiao will come and visit her. She also gave him a ring,” said Dwi Prasetyo Santoso, chief of Yogyakarta’s Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

Two judicial reviews have failed to overturn Veloso’s conviction and death sentence, and “an appeal for clemency may be stronger” than a third review, said Edre Olalia of the Public Interest Law Center in Manila and a lawyer for her family.

In a bid to prove that Veloso was unaware she was carrying drugs, the Philippine Department of Justice is preparing to file human trafficking, illegal job recruitment and fraud charges {see PACQUIAO cont’d on page 13}

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■ briefly

Canton Alley will get a makeover

Paved streets, lanterns, and pedestrians welcome Let’s use our alleys.

This is the message Seattle residents and businesses are emoting, and on top of the list for a makeover is the Canton Alley in the Chinatown International District.

And why not?

A makeover will allow residents in the ID and tourists easier accessibility to Canton Alley’s illustrious history, will promote tourism, invigorate business, and increase foot traffic in Chinatown.

Nakano Associates will be tackling the project. Shown is a rendering of what the initial concept will look like.

The changes on the alley overhaul plans include: — There will be new lighting, proposed permanent red lanterns — The alley surface will be concrete with concrete pavers in the middle, allowing easier accessibility for pedestrians and those on bikes.

— There will be new signage and graphic redesign Nakano Associates and Framework Cultural Placemaking developed the concept design for the alley’s revitalization. Frances Nelson is the signage designer, and Candela created lighting design concepts.

According to the Seattle Daily Chamber of Commerce, Ching Chan, project manager for the Chinatown Historic Alley Partnership Project, said the Canton Alley work is slated to begin by next spring. The Seattle Department of Transportation will complete the design and engineering, and the partnership has applied to the city to install the lanterns. 

■ COMMUNITY calendar ­FRI 7/17 & SAT 7/18

WHAT: Japanese Baptist Church Rummage Sale WHERE: Japanese Baptist Church, 160 Broadway, Seattle WHEN: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

FRI 7/17 THRU SUN 7/19 WHAT: 28th Annual Seafair Indian Days Pow Wow WHERE: Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle COST: Free

SAT 7/18 WHAT: Southeast Asian Cultural Celebration WHERE: Saltwater State Park, 25205 8th Pl. S., Des Moines WHEN: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

INFO: www.parks.wa.gov

WHAT: Rachel Liu’s art show WHERE: Bellevue Library, 1111 110th Ave. N.E., Bellevue WHEN: 2-5:30 p.m.

INFO: rachelliu9801@hotmail. com WHAT: Bon Odori Festival WHERE: Seattle Buddhist Church, 1427 S. Main St., Seattle WHEN: 10 p.m.

INFO: seattlebetsuin.org

SAT 7/18 & SUN 7/19 WHAT: Bon Odori WHERE: Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple, 1427 S. Main, Seattle WHEN: 7/18, 4-10 p.m., 7/19, 3-8 p.m.

INFO: seattlebetsuin.org

SUN 7/19 WHAT: 2015 Chinatown Seafair Parade WHERE: S. King St. and 8th Ave. S. to 5th Ave. S. WHEN: 7 p.m.

MON 7/20 WHAT: Meet the Dean Mia Tuan WHERE: Nagomi Teahouse, 519 Sixth Ave. S., Seattle WHEN: 5:30-7:30 p.m.

RSVP: j_yosh@comcast.net

MON 7/20 THRU FRI 7/24 WHAT: Japanese Summer Camp WHERE: JCCCW, 1414 S. Weller St., Seattle WHEN: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

COST: $200/members,

$250/non-members INFO: admin@jcccw.org

TUE 7/21 WHAT: 15th Annual Diversity Employment Day Career Fair WHERE: ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., Kent WHEN: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

SEND RESUME: fasttrack@ citycareerfair.com, subject: Seattle II INFO: citycareerfair.com

THRU WED 7/22 WHAT: Tacoma Housing will be accepting applications for the Housing Opportunity Program WHERE: Tacoma Housing Authority, 902 South L St., Tacoma INFO: 253-207-4400, tacomahousing.net

KING COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ADVERTISEMENT King County is requesting Proposals from qualified firms interested in providing preconstruction and construction management services through closeout for the Countyline Levee Setback Project.

The Request for Proposals, all addenda and current document holder’s list are available at http://www.kingcounty.gov/procurement.

The County will not mail, ship or fax RFPs and addenda.

Interested firms must register with the County at time of download and ensure that a valid contact email address is given. Notification of addenda will be sent to the registered email address. Failure to register will result in the Proposer not being notified of any addenda, which may result in rejection of the proposal.

The estimated price of Phase 1 of this contract is $100,000 to $150,000. The total estimated price of Phase 2 is $700,000 to $800,000. The period of performance for Phase 1 is estimated to be six (6) months. The period of performance of Phase 2 is estimated to be nineteen (19) months.

Contract Title: Construction Management Services for Countyline Levee Setback Project

Number: P00179P15 Proposals due: August 3, 2015 Time: 12:00 p.m.

Pre-proposal Meeting: July 22, 2015 Time: 3:30 p.m.

Location: North Wind Conference Room, 7th Floor, King Street Center (201 S. Jackson Street, Seattle, WA) SUMMARY OF WORK: The Consultant will provide pre-construction and construction management services including project management, develop a construction management plan, coordinate meetings, document control and electronic records management, risk management plan, prebid services, QA/QC, evaluate contractor’s schedule, phasing plan and request for payment, coordinate with design consultant and outside agencies, construction drawings and file maintenance, change order control, request for information and submittal processing, inspection and other field services, and construction contract closeout.

SUBCONSULTANT OPPORTUNITIES: Provided for informational purposes only, following are subconsulting opportunities that may be

available on this Contract: construction inspection and document control.

SCS UTILIZATION REQUIREMENTS: The Consultant shall ensure that at least 10% of the Contract Price for all Work, as amended, shall be performed by King County Certified SCS Firms over the life of the Contract. Evaluation points for meeting and/or exceeding the SCS utilization requirements will be provided to each proposer responding to this requirement. King County will not evaluate the proposal and will not execute a contract with a Proposer who does not commit to meet at least the SCS utilization requirement as stated above.

QUESTIONS: Questions concerning this solicitation should be directed to Ken Curl, Contract Specialist via email at ken.curl@ kingcounty.gov or via telephone at 206-2639322, TTY Relay: 711. The Proposer may be requested to submit the question in writing. No verbal answers by County personnel will be binding on the County.

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■ at the movies

“Northern Limit Line” Crossing emotional and historical borders

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Wikipedia and military refers to it as the “Second Battle Of Yeonpyeong.” On June 29, 2002, two border patrol boats from North Korea slipped over the Northern Limit Line, the maritime boundary between the Democratic People’s Republic Of Korea (DPRK—North Korea) and the Republic Of Korea (South Korea) in the Yellow Sea. The two boats attacked two similar patrol boats from the Southern side, then withdrew.

Four North Koreans died at the scene. A fifth died later from wounds. A sixth was found dead later, under the waves. Eighteen were injured. The North Koreans suffered 13 dead and 25 wounded.

According to the later testimony of Jin-sung Jang, a North Korean government official who defected to the South, the wounded DPRK naval men ended up hiding in a hospital back at the North’s capital, Pyongyang. The North didn’t want its people to see how badly their navy had fared.

“Northern Limit Line,” directed by Hak-soon Kim, makes no mention of the North Korean casualties. It devotes its 130 of running time to the men of South Korean Battleship 357—much smaller than what Americans would call a battleship, but crucial to the navy nonetheless.

I do not know how closely the film’s action follows what actually transpired. It’s derived from a novel, by Soon-jo Choi, and not a naval history.

It follows a young navy man who comes onto the vessel, Hak-soon Kim taking ribbings and hazing from the old-timers. It follows the commanding officer and his crew, through their drills, their families, their rivalries, and resentments.

And they get up close to the Line. Close enough, in a few situations to see the faces of the Northern enemy. Some of them live for duty.

Some of them just live to watch South Korea progress in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, hosted for the first time in Asia, between South Korea and Japan.

South Korea made it to the third-place match, but lost 3-2 to Turkey. The film, perhaps understandably, focuses less on the South Korean team’s limitation, and more on the soccer mania suffusing the entire country.

Eventually, the North Korean vessels break the line and provoke.

More than one critic has remarked that you can’t portray the horrors of war without getting people’s blood pulsing, getting them riled, more likely to wave a flag into combat than calmly back away from it. So the quick-cut combat scenes sometimes seem thrilling, not off-putting.

But enough of the blood seeps through. Enough of the shattered bodies, the horror. Some men cry. Some, much to their shame, freeze up. They know what they must do, from the drills. But when the bell rings for real, they cannot answer.

Again, I don’t know how much of this is accurate. But it sounds true to real soldiers’ experiences, generally.

And the director takes care to show us the ones left behind. A mother weeps. Another mother weeps and staggers. An old man, a military man himself, hugs his dead son’s empty uniform, allowing himself tears he wouldn’t brave in front of anyone else.

I wish I knew more about the facts. But the emotions, at least— from the blasts of shells to the quiet moans of grief—make sense enough to me.  “Northern Limit Line” opens Friday, July 17th, at the AMC Alderwood 16, 18733 33rd Ave. West, Alderwood Mall, Lynwood, WA 98037. Check local listings for prices and show times.

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■ sports

The Layup Drill

Asian Americans tower in basketball this summer — Satnam Singh, Gursimran “Sim” Bhullar, Bobby Ray Parks, Jr., and more Jeremy Lin

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. Even though it’s the summer, we have a lot of hoops news.

Your new favorite team for Asian Americans and Indian Americans? The Dallas Mavericks.

The Mark Cuban-owned franchise drafted 7-foot-2 Satnam Singh as the 52nd player chosen overall during June’s NBA Draft.

With the pick, Singh becomes the first Indianborn player drafted in the NBA. “I was just hoping for my name to be announced so it would do India proud,” Singh said during a conference call with reporters after being picked. “It will popularize the NBA, and basketball will be like cricket in India,” Singh forecasted about his historical selection.

Singh grew up in a small village in the northern state of Punjab and was one of the tallest people in town at a very young age. Of course, his father stands at 7-foot-3.

Since Singh was 6-foot-11 at age 13, he was a natural fit to play basketball and after he showed interest in the sport his father sought out players and coaches in India. The interest in the sport eventually led Singh, at the age of 15, to move from India to Bradenton, Florida to train at the IMG Academy and learn basketball. The global sports and media

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business partnered with an Indian company to grant scholarships to athletes with potential of playing professional basketball. Singh was a big fan of Kobe Bryant growing up, and as a big man, wanted to pattern his playing style like former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming.

Due to academic issues, Singh did not receive an opportunity to play college

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basketball. Thus, in April 2015 he declared for the NBA Draft. Singh has been praised by coaches and scouts for his work ethic and despite his great height, he has a decent outside shot. Singh, who is only 19 years old, weighs 290 pounds and wears size 20 shoes.

Although Singh has been drafted by the Mavericks, do not expect him playing for the NBA team next season. Singh appears to be

a project for the team as the plan is for him to play for the Mavericks summer league team which features prospects and draft picks but not many top NBA stars. He will then play for the Dallas NBA Developmental League team. At 19, there is time for him to hone his skills to eventually play for the Mavericks. {see SPORTS cont’d on page 14}

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Photos by George Liu/NWAW

Trash to treasure

Contests and crowds at 2015 Dragon Fest

MingHui Brookins’s design

Winners

Event volunteer Daniel Nguyen

First prize — Team of designer and model Julie Stone and Karissa Lew

Anise Khou’s design

Honorable mentions

Emcees Thu Ngo and Gary Tang

Zaida Quimby’s jewelry design

Anna Shi-Ming and Isabel Sanchez’s design

Bo Choi’s design

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OPINION

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Summer surprises

SYLP students with Mayor Ed Murray

Lunch with Deputy Mayor Kim

Deputy Mayor Hyeok Kim of Seattle invited Northwest Asian Weekly’s summer youth leadership program to have lunch at City Hall this summer.

Our kids have no social status. They still have to do something to prove their worth.

Yet, Kim sent me an email to invite our kids this summer back in March! I was deeply touched and excited.

We request our community leaders to do us a favor by talking about their success to the students.

Since the program started in 1995 for Asian American high school students to learn about leadership and communitybuilding skills, we have asked, the list of speakers which included Prof. Connie So, Hon. Gary Locke, KING TV anchor Lori Matsukawa, Justice Mary Yu, Bob Santos, University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce, Andrew Cho, Hon. Martha Choe and others to meet with our youth.

The City is involved in so many things and Kim’s time is in demand. Since she got married two years ago, she has delayed her honeymoon until this summer.

So 43 of us visited City Hall and the Mayor’s office on July 1. I was proud to introduce Kim as the only and first Asian American deputy mayor for the City to our students. It was eye-opening, inspiring, and empowering for the students to meet someone so young and accomplished, and also an Asian American female in such a high position. We dined inside the Mayor’s office. Yes, we were treated with sandwiches, chips, and drinks. Kim also invited department head of Planning and Development Diane Sugimura to speak to us.

On our way out, Mayor Ed Murray returned. We had a chance to photograph together.

Thank you, Kim for remembering your community and roots. We were honored to be the first leadership group to be invited

by Kim.

Deputy Mayor Hyeok Kim speaks with students

Stress relief at Nikkei Concerns health fair

Nikkei Concerns reinvents a health fair

Most health fairs are boring with information overload, lacking fun and creativity.

Nikkei Concern’s (NC) health fair has reinvented its health fair program. It will be held at the Blaine Memorial Church on July 25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

First, delicious food! Yes, you can sample as much as you want—healthy snacks for visitors while browsing the booths. What alternatives do you have if you are not interested in sweetened sodas? How do you avoid foods consisting of bad chemicals?

How innovative can a manufacturer be to make snacks healthy and delicious? Did you know that cooking demonstrations will be held?

Nikkei Concerns said they have as many as 15 food exhibitors in addition to 45 other exhibitors. Preparing healthy food requires cooking differently. Kanao Koizumi will show you how to do so.

Stress is another unavoidable topic. NC said it has all types of massages for you to experience. And they are free!

Massages are an expensive luxury. It costs as much as $80 an hour. At the fair, you can experiment at least five types of reflexology from feet to back, head to neck.

How cool is that?!

What about your brain? How do you retain memory and retrain your brain?

Speaker Lisa Waisath will provide a session on brain health.

“Health is more than taking medicine,” said Darcia Tanabe, NC Communications Manager. The whole fair helps people with the social and emotional aspects of health, and how to incorporate principles of health.

The fair gives you practical suggestions for applying the principles and new ideas for people to explore and adopt into their health habits.

Tanabe said this year’s fair will be twice bigger than last year’s. 

Want to get the inside scoop on the latest happenings of Seattle’s Asian American community? Follow Publisher Assunta Ng’s blog at nwasianweekly.c om under the Opinion section.

SYLP students at City Hall with Deputy Mayor Hyeok Kim

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Qualified riders and seniors can receive reduced rates

Lena Chan Leproso reapplies to the RRFP program

{BUSINESS cont’d from page 4} Chinese for months to load up on shares. Many borrowed heavily to buy stocks, taking out so-called margin loans.

Rising stocks encouraged companies to raise money by issuing shares and to use the proceeds to pay down debt. In the first half of the year, the Shanghai stock market led the world in initial public offerings: 78 companies issued shares in Shanghai, raising $16.6 billion, according to a study by the accounting firm EY. Hong Kong was No. 2 with 31 deals that raised $16 billion. Shenzhen was No. 5 with 112 deals that raised $7 billion.

Now analysts say the flood of new shares is overwhelming the market and helping to push prices down. Moreover, the government began to worry the market had reached dangerous levels, and Chinese regulators have started to tighten rules on margin lending.

WHAT HAS THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT DONE TO CONTAIN THE ISSUE? After hitting a peak last month, Chinese stocks have been in free-fall. Originally, investors in China and abroad treated the selling as a much-needed release from a market that had soared 150 percent over the past year.

As the losses have deepened, though, worries have increased and officials have taken direct action to stem the selling. Over the weekend, 21 Chinese brokerage companies announced they would create a $19 billion “market stabilization” fund, and would continue to buy Chinese stocks. Any companies who were going to go public suspended their plans.

The selling continued, so Chinese officials announced that major shareholders in companies and executives were banned from selling their holdings for six months.

HAS THAT SLOWED THE SELLING? It’s actually made things worse. The selling has not stopped, and now it is affecting Asian markets like Hong Kong and Japan. U.S. stocks also fell sharply Wednesday.

Most anxiety-ridden investors have turned to purging stocks that act as a proxy or have direct exposure to China, with most of the damage happening in Hong Kong. The territory’s Hang Seng index dropped 5.8 percent Wednesday, its worst one-day drop since the financial crisis. The Hang Seng China Enterprise Index, which is an index of so called “H-Share” companies, or mainland Chinese companies that trade in Shanghai and Shenzhen as well as Hong Kong, fell 6.1 percent.

ISN’T CHINA’S ECONOMY HUGE? SHOULD I BE WORRIED?

Lena Chan Leprozo takes the bus every day from Northgate to the International District. She commutes to the Senior Center at the Bush Hotel on Jackson. This 80+ senior relies on her bus ride every day, and because of the Regional Reduced Fare Permit (RRFP program), the cost is reduced and the process is simplified.

Along with the established Reduced Fare Permit program, those who rely on transit should know that as of this spring, King County Metro introduced a new discount program that many readers might not be aware of, and perhaps be qualified for, even if you aren’t a senior. The new “Orca Lift” program is alongside the long-established RRFP which seniors should be aware of and utilize.

The new Lift program offers a reduced transit fare. With the ORCA LIFT card, income-qualified riders can save up to 50 percent or more on Metro Transit buses, Kitsap Transit buses, Sound Transit Link light rail, King County Water Taxi, and the new Seattle streetcars.

One of the most convenient aspects of the new program is the re-application process only has to happen every two years, The exposure that U.S. investors have directly to Chinese stocks is limited. Outside investors have only been able to access the Chinese stock market since October, and that required purchasing stock in Hong Kong. To buy directly in the Chinese stock market required a special license.

The lack of access has made it difficult for investors, including U.S. fund managers, to get exposure to the Chinese stock market.

For example MSCI, a company which publishes stock indexes, made a decision last month not to include Chinese “A” shares, or stocks traded on the mainland, in its global indexes. MSCI largely cited the lack of access for foreign investors to China’s market as the reason to continue to keep China out of its indexes.

DO I OWN CHINESE STOCKS? If you have a 401(k), there’s a good chance you have a few.

Target-date mutual funds have become a popular way to save for retirement because they take care of how to invest a nest egg, and most hold some Chinese stocks. The percentages, though, are small. The largest target-date mutual funds built for people hoping to retire in 2030, for example, generally have less than 3 percent of their portfolios in Chinese stocks.

You likely have more exposure if you own a fund that focuses on emerging-market stocks. It’s been a popular area, with more than $13 billion flowing in this year, and Chinese stocks

unlike other programs in cities where you have to re-apply yearly or even monthly. This saves a lot of time and frustration for those who don’t have the time or means to re-apply so frequently.

The process is simple, but there are some requirements and documentation needed for the Lift discount: If you are a household of one, your maximum income needs to be less than $23,450. If you are a household of six, income cannot exceed $65,140. For more details and guidelines, see website link below.

There are some required documents, but if you have proof or age and need, the program intends to help you. Public Health has been an amazing supporter of the program. In fact, their outreach helps with notifying those who receive public health about eligibility for the transportation discount.

If you qualify, you should apply for the discount.  For more information, visit http://metro.kingcounty.gov/ programs-projects/orca-lift/ or http://metro.kingcounty. gov/tops/accessible/reduced-fare-permits.html. can make up about a quarter of these types of funds.

HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN PULLED OUT? Even though U.S. investors have limited exposure to China’s market, there is still money there. Institutional investors have pulled $22 billion out of Chinese stock funds this year, according to EPFR Global.

“Institutional investors have been taking money off the table most of this year and part of last year,” said Cameron Brandt, director of research at EPFR Global, which tracks fund flows around the world. “My sense is that they’ve been expecting something ugly from this retail frenzy that has been driving Chinese markets.”

IS THERE A POINT WHERE I SHOULD GET WORRIED? The biggest concern is whether the drop in China’s stock market will cause the country’s economy to slow. Many U.S. and European companies do business in China, and a weaker Chinese economy could result in lower sales and profits for them. Regarding this question, it’s frankly too soon to tell.  AP Business Writers Stan Choe and Matthew Craft contributed to this report from New York, Kelvin Chan contributed from Hong Kong and Paul Wiseman contributed from Washington.

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{COUNTERFEITER cont’d from page 4} Xu Ting’s husband, Xu Lijun, has settled. A licensed civil engineer in California, he denied wrongdoing but agreed to let Gucci keep $400,000 in seized counterfeiting proceeds and pay a $7,500 fine.

His lawyer, Eric Siegle, said he was “a small-time nobody.”

“The people they are arresting or suing here in the United States are low-level people,” Siegle said. “If you can find where the money is going, you can get to the heart of the problem.”

But Gucci couldn’t find where the money went once it landed in China because Chinese banks refused to disclose account details.

“BOC cannot comply with such orders without violating Chinese law,” the Bank of China said in an email.

The case is ongoing. Kering spokeswoman Charlotte Judet said Gucci would “vigorously enforce any judgment” it obtained.

Xu Ting declined multiple requests for comment.

A slight man in wire-rimmed glasses answered the door in San Diego’s Rancho Penasquitos area and identified himself as Xu Lijun but declined comment.

“After your colleague’s visit, we communicated and she still did not want to do the interview,” the family’s lawyer in Beijing, Chen Peng, said.

In February 2014, Xu Ting got a green card, thanks to her husband’s advanced degree or “extraordinary ability,”

{DESAI cont’d from page 4} indictment filed in 2011.

His lawyers maintained for years that he couldn’t stand trial because of poor health, and that a series of strokes after the 2007 hepatitis outbreak affected Desai’s speech and mental acuity.

State and federal prosecutors, meanwhile, branded Desai a malingerer who tried to con psychiatrists and physicians to avoid the consequences of egregious criminal and financial crimes.

They blamed Desai for the deaths of two patients who contracted hepatitis C during outpatient procedures at his Endoscopy Clinic of Southern Nevada in 2007. Health investigators linked at least nine and as many as 114 cases of the incurable liver disease to Desai clinics.

Desai lawyers Richard Wright and Margaret Stanish sought leniency Thursday and a sentence of less than five years for their client, who was born in Gujarat, India.

according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke anonymously because immigration records are not public.

Immigration authorities also have the Rancho Penasquitos address on record as her residence, the person said.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services spokesman Christopher Bentley declined comment, citing privacy concerns.

Dan Kowalski, an immigration attorney and editor of Bender’s Immigration Bulletin, said immigration officials may not have known about Xu Ting’s legal problems but more likely didn’t consider them a disqualification. Grounds for denying a green card range from committing a serious crime to having communicable disease but there’s nothing about civil liabilities. A vaguer requirement of “good moral character” is more commonly applied for citizenship, not legal residence.

In the U.S., most counterfeiting prosecutions are civil cases brought by companies. Lawyers say criminal cases, which carry the possibility of jail time, are a more effective deterrent.

“A person is more likely to be struck by lightning than imprisoned for counterfeiting,” said Geoffrey Potter, an intellectual property lawyer at New York’s Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler.

Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said the government has done “a number of significant prosecutions.”

“Large-scale commercial counterfeiting is one of the top enforcement priorities of the department’s Intellectual

Property Task Force,” he said.

China is the largest source country for counterfeit goods seized in the U.S., and apparel and accessories are the largest category of merchandise. Luxury goods are typically made in Guangzhou and sent by container or courier like FedEx to the U.S. They may be sold in stores or flea markets but are usually hawked online.

“Unfortunately, once you shut one (website) down, they have 10 more ready to open up in a different name,” said Bruce Foucart, director of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, a multiagency group led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Foucart didn’t know about Xu Ting.

Brand owners also bear responsibility.

“The biggest game changer for me would be if foreign companies took a more aggressive attitude toward enforcing their rights,” said Mark Cohen, former intellectual property attache at the U.S. embassy in Beijing. “At the end of the day, there may be an economic calculation about how much money it’s worth to pursue these people.” 

Hicks responded that he considered imposing a maximum 10-year sentence. But he settled on the 71 months recommended by federal prosecutors.

“He was living the American dream, and it wasn’t enough for him,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Crane Pomerantz said of Desai. “He’s a despicable human being who put his own bank account in front of everyone and everything that came before him. Greed has been the hallmark of the last 10 to 15 years of his life.”

Desai was tried in state court in 2013 and convicted of murder for the April 2012 death of one patient, plus 26 other charges including insurance fraud. Another former patient died in 2013 before Desai was sentenced to 18 years to life in Nevada state prison. Desai wasn’t tried for that death.

Federal charges against Desai and his former clinic chief, Tonya Rushing, focused on allegations that they overstated the cost of treating patients, pressured employees to schedule and treat as many patients a day as possible, and instructed nurse-anesthetists to misstate the amount of time they spent

on procedures.

Rushing pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and was sentenced to a year and a day in prison, fined $10,000 and ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution.

She was also ordered to forfeit a portion of $8.1 million in cash and property. Prosecutors said Desai oversaw a southern Nevada medical empire where penny-pinching became a mantra. Procedures were rushed, staffers were told to limit the amount of lubricating jelly they used, protective gowns and vials of anesthesia were reused, and bills to insurance companies were inflated.

The hepatitis outbreak became public in February 2008, when health officials notified 63,000 former Desai clinic patients to get tested for potentially fatal blood-borne diseases.

It spawned dozens of lawsuits, including several that yielded jury findings holding drug manufacturers and the state’s largest health management organization liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to plaintiffs. Desai gave up his medical license and declared bankruptcy after his arrest. 

Spagat reported from San Diego. Associated Press writer Raphael Satter in London contributed to this report and news researcher Rhonda Shafner contributed from New York. Associated Press news assistants Fu Ting and Liu Zheng contributed from Shanghai and Beijing.

33 YEARS YOUR VOICE

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For the week of July 18–July 24, 2015

By Sun Lee Chang

Rat — Are you less than thrilled with the ups and downs of the prior week? As luck would have it, you are in for a period of calm ahead.

Dragon — With some relatively minor fine tuning, you should be able to take an old idea and turn it into a profitable endeavor.

Monkey — A good buffer is essential to maintaining the peace. Give yourself enough space to do what you need to do.

Ox — Your initial attempt wasn’t the best. However, through trial and error, you have found something that is working out quite well.

Snake — Why go against the flow of the current if you don’t have to? Pick your battles wisely, for you do not want to waste your time.

Rooster — Do you feel like you are going around and around today? Stop the cycle and try a different approach.

Tiger — Playing it safe hasn’t exactly been your forte.

It’s not bad to take a risk, provided that you don’t risk more than you can afford to lose.

Horse — Growing excited at the prospects that lay before you? Try not to let the abundance of options overwhelm you.

Dog — If you are visiting an unfamiliar locale, don’t assume that those there do things the same as where you are from.

Rabbit — An opportunity has opened up to see things in a new light. You might be surprised at the illuminating effects on other areas of your life.

Goat — You have a chance to go down a different path than the one you are currently on, tread cautiously at first.

Pig — An unusual prize will be given to you. Though it may not be much to look at from the outside, the contents should be pleasing to you.

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 Rooster 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005 Dog 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006 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.

{TOKYO cont’d from page 5} by the Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre in New Zealand, which is where many of the birds end the summer portion of their journey. In three days of on-site bird-watching, the team counted approximately 20,000 migratory birds from as far off as Australia and South Asia.

Team members hope the project will shed light on the birds’ migrations and generate international efforts to conserve their habitats.

North Korean officials share that hope, which dovetails with the authoritarian nation’s efforts to promote itself as an eco-friendly, unspoiled land of natural attractions that will interest the one kind of foreigner it is trying hard to woo — the wealthy tourist.

“Many people from other countries are interested in this kind of study here,” Nature Conservation Union researcher Pak Ung told an AP television news crew that was allowed to film the site. “I think if we can do a thorough study of migratory birds here, it will contribute to great progress in conservation of migratory birds, as well as overall ecological diversity, which is an international issue.”

The birds being watched aren’t exactly household names — bar-tailed godwits (Limosa Iapponica), great knots

(Calidris Tenuirostris) and dunlins (Calidris Alpina).

But in scientific circles, the godwits are something of a sensation.

“Godwits are amazing,” said project member David Melville, a British citizen who has long lived in New Zealand. “Their flight from New Zealand to China is approximately 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles), nonstop for seven days, and then after a month they fly another 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) to Alaska to breed. On the return trip to New Zealand, they fly nonstop across the Pacific ocean, a trip of 11,000 kilometers (6,800 miles), in about nine days.”

To survive the journey northward, the birds need to spend a month to six weeks in a place where they can rest and replenish their strength, sometimes doubling their weight, from a lean 330 grams (12 ounces) to a plump 660 grams or more, before starting on the final leg.

A godwit dubbed “E7” made international headlines in 2007 when, thanks to a tiny transmitter implanted in her abdomen, she was confirmed to have flown for seven days and nights without stopping to a feeding ground in China — a 10,200-kilometer (6,340-mile) flight. That was the longest nonstop flight by a land bird ever recorded.

When she flew back to New Zealand from Alaska,

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against a woman who allegedly brought Veloso to Malaysia, where she was given a bag that held 2.6 kilograms (5.7 pounds) of heroin. The woman has surrendered to police and admitted that Veloso didn’t know about the drugs.

Indonesia’s House Speaker Setya Novanto said Pacquiao will visit the Indonesian parliament to thank the government for Veloso’s reprieve. Pacquiao is also a member of the Philippine Congress and vice chairman of a congressional committee on overseas Filipinos. Novanto said he will try to arrange a meeting between Pacquiao and President Joko Widodo.

The plight of Filipino workers overseas is a sensitive issue in the country where about a tenth of its 100 million people leave their homeland in search of jobs and better opportunities. The Philippines doesn’t have death penalty. Before his megabout with Floyd Mayweather in May, Pacquiao promised to visit Veloso and to meet with the Indonesian president to personally appeal for her life.

Footage from the prison showed Pacquiao’s wife tearful during the meeting with Veloso. The champion held back his own emotions, but teared up after the meeting where the Bible-quoting boxer joined others in a prayer for Veloso, Manila Radio DZMM reported. He also gave Veloso some money, prison warden Zaenal Arifin said. 

Malibu and Johnson was in the Pontiac. Wong managed property in Chinatown, which included Young Bakery, King's Barbecue, Shanghai Garden, and the Seoul Tofu House Korean restaurant. A 32-year-

entirely over the open Pacific, without stopping for eight days and nights, she set another record distance, of 11,760 kilometers (7,300 miles).

“Unlike seabirds like albatrosses, they can’t land in the water. If they do they are finished,” Woodley said. “We know that some must be doing 12,000 kilometers (7,460 miles) or more.”

Rapid development on the coasts of China and South Korea may be leaving the birds with fewer places to take their mid-trip rest. That leaves the relatively untouched west coast of North Korea as one of the few places they can still find their favorite foods, small bits of seafood — mostly mollusks and crustaceans — and worms.

Woodley said godwits are listed as threatened and red knots are considered to be an endangered species.

The agreement for the New Zealand team to go bird watching in North Korea goes back to 2007. It was followed by a one-off bird-watching trip two years later. The fouryear study project was approved last year, and that opened the way for the trip two months ago. The team plans to return next April.

This year’s trip was the first of four formal visits that will end in 2018, but there’s hope the visits will continue past that date, Melville said. 

old Seattle woman in the Malibu was critically injured and taken to a Billings hospital. The driver of the Malibu and a 24-year-old female passenger, also from Mercer Island, were taken to the hospital in Red Lodge, as was the driver of the Pontiac. 

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{SPORTS cont’d from page 8} Singh might actually run into another tall Indian basketball player as Gursimran “Sim” Bhullar is signed to play for the Sacramento Kings summer league team. The Canadianborn Bhullar became the first player of Indian descent to play in the NBA when he played for the Kings last season. The 7-foot-5, 22-year-old Bhullar will look to impress the Kings in hopes of being retained for next season. Bhullar’s family is also from Punjab and the two spoke by phone before the draft.

In other basketball news, Jeremy Lin has found a new team signing with the Charlotte Hornets. Lin made the announcement via social media. Notably, former Seattle Supersonics executive, Rich Cho is the

General Manager of the Hornets. “We are excited to add Jeremy Lin to our lineup. He is a talented player who we feel can make significant contributions to our basketball team,” stated Cho after the franchise made the signing. “We’ve been looking to get more depth in our backcourt and we feel really good about deciding to do this. I think he’s [Lin] going to bring some energy to our backcourt and our second unit. He'll be a great addition.”

And then ... former Seattle University basketball player Isaiah Umipig will be playing professionally in Slovakia for club team MBK Rieker Com Therm Komarno.

Umipig, who is Filipino American, is originally from Federal Way, Washington and averaged 17 points per game for the

Redhawks this season. Umipig led Federal Way High School to a Class 4A state championship in 2009. The 6-foot guard will further his basketball career overseas.

A name that was not called during the NBA Draft was Bobby Ray Parks, Jr. The Filipino American is the son of Bobby Ray Parks, Sr. who was drafted in the third round of the 1984 NBA draft after a standout career at Memphis State. Although his father never made it in the NBA, he was a star in the Philippine Basketball Association. Bobby Ray Parks, Jr. was a high school basketball standout in Tennessee where his family resided. He even committed to play basketball at Georgia Tech.

However, in a surprising turn of events, he decided to follow his father to the Philippines after he took a job there. Junior decided to

play college basketball at National University.

After playing college basketball at National, he played in the Philippines Basketball Association before putting his name in for the 2015 NBA draft. NBA scouts must have remembered his play as he was invited to work out for the Utah Jazz, Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks, and Boston Celtics. Parks plans to chase his NBA dream in honor of his father who passed away of cancer in 2013.

Although his name was not called during the draft, he will be joining Singh on the Dallas Mavericks summer league team as he was extended an invite by the franchise.  Jason Cruz can be reached at info@ nwasianweekly.com.

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{CACA cont’d from page 1} Maxine Loo, a member. “I was leery at first. But when Ming Ming Tung-Edelman, (Seattle’s chapter president) said she is going to bid on it, everyone (at the meeting) applauded.”

Even though the CACA was established more than 150 years ago to fight for civil rights for Chinese Americans, its goal is still relevant today. Discrimination and prejudices still prevail in many segments of the society from government to private sectors, housing to employment, education to services. As long as the Chinese American community is denied of equal opportunity, an organization is deeply needed to stand up for the community.

Established four years ago, Seattle’s CACA chapter has about 40 members. The first chapter, established in 1895 in San Francisco, CACA now has about 40 chapters throughout the United States.

Jerry Lee, a philanthropist who received the Spirit of America Award from CACA last year, gave a historical case in point. During the building of the railroads and seawalls in the 19th century, signs were posted, “Chinese caught fishing will be shot.”

Upon completion of the railroads, Chinese were deported, shot at, and kicked out, Lee said.

The new Chinese Heritage Park in Astoria, Oregon is to honor the Chinese railway workers and remind the public of the workers’ sacrifices and hardship. But a group was opposed to the plan, said Lee. CACA was the driving force behind the project to ensure the completion of the Chinese Heritage Park built in front of City Hall.

“CACA is a united voice for Chinese Americans to pro{SHILLA cont’d from page 1} by his kidnappers. King County Prosecutor Charles Sherer stated that McMonagle has fractured ribs, a collapsed lung and a possible broken eye socket in addition to bruises all over his body and “zip tie marks on his legs.” McMonagle was taken to Harborview Medical Center where he was in satisfactory condition and stayed for several days before being released. He was in court to see Koh’s bail hearing.

Judge Dean Lum set bail at a half million dollars despite pleas from Korean commu-

Jerry Lee (center) with CACA members

tect our civil rights and interests,” said Tung-Edelman. “We have been lobbying in DC every year topics ranging from immigration reform, historical preservation, more Asian judicial nominations, and a Medal of Honor to be granted to late Kirk Lee.” Tung-Edelman said Seattle’s natural beauty and civically engaged residents, and a large thriving Asian community would appeal to the national audience.

She also said Jerry Lee has encouraged her all along to get the convention held in Seattle. Lee is the honorary chair of the 53rd Biennial National Convention. He will also host a lunch at Anthony’s for the delegates on Aug. 6.

Tung-Edelman said she worked on the bid two years ago and has been working to organize the convention. More than

nity leaders and Koh’s family friends. “I’ve known Scott since 30 years,” Craig Nakamura told a local news station, “I’ve never known him to be in anything of this sort.”

“We know he is a good person,” said Koh’s attorney at the hearing and pointed to a gallery of supporters. But prosecutors depicted another side of Koh. “A person can be intelligent, kind and generous to those he cares about but also controlling, manipulative, and violent to those who cross him,” prosecutors added, “[h]e saw his estranged wife slipping away from him into the arms of another man and he enlisted a

140 Chinese delegates will come to Seattle. “They are from all over the U.S. It’s interesting to meet fourth generation Chinese Americans who speak with a Texas accent, coming in with cowboy hats and boots.” She found it inspiring to meet Chinese Americans with diverse backgrounds from all over the country. The convention’s theme is “Inspiration, Integration, Interaction.”

The highlights of the convention will include a tour of the Chinatown International District and the Wing Luke Asian Museum, organized by community advocate Bettie Luke.

Workshops on researching railway workers’ lives and historic preservation will be conducted. Tung-Edelman said there are a lot of railway workers’ descendants in the U.S. This year is the 150th anniversary of railroad building in the U.S. A section on mental health will be taught at the Asian Counseling and Referral Service.

Hon. Gary Locke is a speaker for the Aug. 7 dinner at the China Harbor Restaurant. Food expert Maxine Chan will use ingredients used by pioneers such as railroad workers for a special dinner to be held at the Four Seas Restaurant.

Both delegates and non-delegates are welcome to join.

The fee for joining the convention is the same for members and non-members, $350, including all the meals and transportation.

Tung-Edelman said they are in need of many more volunteers.  For information, go to http://www.cacanational.org.

Assunta Ng can be reached at assunta@nwasianweekly. com.

team to savagely beat him, torture him, and try to eliminate him.”

“Those are extraordinarily serious allegations, extraordinarily serious,” remarked Judge Lum of the prosecutor’s claims as he denied lowering the bail for Koh. The other suspects arrested in the kidnapping and beating had their bail posted by Koh. The other three have pled not guilty to their allegations of kidnapping and assault.

The incident occurred on Sunday morning June 28th when Koh and his employees had gone over to see his wife at an apartment complex in Queen Anne while her

boyfriend, McMonagale was there. She called police and when officers arrived and asked McMonagle to leave since he was not legally a tenant of the apartment, Koh and his employees followed him to the garage and attacked him. The alleged kidnapping and beating lasted two-and-a-half hours before Koh surrendered to police.

Located on Denny Way, Koh has run his family’s restaurant for 30 years. It remains open despite the current legal issues.  Jason Cruz can be reached at info@ nwasianweekly.com.