HK cosplayer, 18, allegedly racially harassed & attacked by teens in Sydney, claims no one helped despite calling for help

On Aug. 25, a cosplayer from Hong Kong, Qian Yue (transliteration), claimed that she had been attacked by a group of female teenagers in Chinatown in Sydney.

The 18-year-old shared the incident in an Instagram post, which included a clip filmed by a passerby.

The alleged attack took place on Aug. 25 at around 7:25pm.

Teenagers hurled racial slurs at Qian and her friend

Qian, who was wearing a pink dress and a blonde wig at the time of the incident, wrote in her post that she was walking along the street with a friend when she was suddenly struck on the head and her wig was pulled off.

When they turned around, a group of female teenagers surrounded them, shoving their phones in their faces to film them.

The group also allegedly hurled racial slurs at Qian and her friend, with one of the teenagers attempting to hit Qian with a phone and slap her.

Qian wrote that she was also physically beaten up by the teenagers, though the passerby's video did not capture that part of the assault.

She recalled that she was "terrified, crying and shaking, screaming on the street asking passers-by for help and to call the police," but no one stepped in to help.

Qian added that her friend did not have his mobile phone with him but chose to stay with her rather than leave to call the police, fearing that she would be attacked again if left alone.

Police apparently dismissed the case at first

The group of teenagers eventually ran away, and the pair managed to contact the police.

According to Qian, the police had instructed them to remain at the scene, but no one showed up even after an hour.

As such, Qian and her friend decided to walk to a police station to file a report.

However, she claimed that the police dismissed the case, saying the assailants were minors and that the incident did not cause "serious physical harm".

Harassed for the 2nd time

Later, as Qian and her friend made their way towards a train station, Qian said that they encountered the same group of teenagers.

This time around, the teenagers had apparently brought water guns with them, which they used to repeatedly spray the pair while continuing to taunt them with racial slurs.

A bystander thought that Qian and her friend were the assailants

Qian demanded an apology from one of the teenagers, asked them to delete the videos and insisted that they wait for the police.

She and her friend managed to grab hold of one of the girls, but when they appealed to bystanders to call the police, no one intervened.

"My friend was scratched and bitten on the hand," Qian wrote. "Both (of his) knees were injured from being hit and kicked."

Qian also claimed that one bystander thought that she and her friend were the ones bullying the teenagers and "hit" them, demanding that they let the teenagers go.

She added that she was pushed to the ground and eventually fainted.

Police later arrived at the scene, helped her up, and accompanied her to the station to make a second report.

Police confirm that the report has been filed

Speaking to Daily Mail, a New South Wales Police spokesperson confirmed that the alleged incident had been reported.

"Officers attached to Sydney City Police Area Command were told two people — an 18-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy — were waiting for public transport when a group of three teenager girls approached the pair and verbally harassed them," the spokesperson stated.

He added that they were told that Qian and her friend "re-encountered the same group of girls on George Street" where they "verbally harassed the 18-year-old woman before physically assaulting both her and the 17-year-old boy."

According to the police, neither Qian nor her friend required medical attention for their injuries and investigations are ongoing.

The incident has sparked outrage online, with many netizens criticising the police's response and the unwillingness of by-standers to offer help.

Some netizens also claimed that they had similar experiences with the same group of teenagers.

Qian's full post on Instagram can be viewed here.

Top photos via @3000_tsuki._.cos_0318/Instagram