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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondent

‘They suffer in silence’: case of serial rapist Zhenhao Zou highlights barriers to justice for east Asian women in UK

Zhenhao Zou
Zhenhao Zou was convicted on Wednesday of drugging and raping 10 women in London and China. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA

When asked if she was surprised that most of the victims of Zhenhao Zou, who could be one of Britain’s worst serial rapists, remained unknown to authorities, Viny Poon, who has spent the past decade supporting east Asian women in the UK, simply said: “No.”

Zou, a 28-year-old PhD student, was convicted on Wednesday of drugging and raping 10 women in London and China. After recovering videos of Zou attacking a further 50 women, police have said this could be one of the worst cases of sexual violence in modern Britain. All of Zou’s victims are thought to be of Chinese heritage.

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