To:Australia Government
From:wanglili
Does anyone care about the sexual harassment of a Chinese woman, visiting from overseas, at the hands of a local white man in Melbourne?
Mr. Carrol, who resides at Inkerman Street, Balaclava, Melbourne, wrote to me offering three months free accommodation in his house, in order to show support for my writing about Melbourne for readers in China.
But after I moved to his house, almost everyday he asked me to have sex with him. I refused him each time. Three weeks into my stay, he asked to bathe with me. I replied "Of course not!".
Then he knocked at the bathroom door, shouting: "Are You ready? I'm coming in." I was scared to death, and I raised my voice to say: "Please go away."
Then he threw me out of his home, instantly making me a homeless person.
I went to the police station nearby for help. But the female police officer said my host had done nothing wrong.
At that moment, I had just 10 Australian dollars in my pocket. A few hours later, a woman lent me 15 dollars. On the way to a cheap hotel near the police station, several men followed me and invited me to get in their car. I ran back to the police station to ask for help. The same female police officer told me not to worry; they are just looking for prostitutes, she explained.
"I need the police to help me," I said.
"We don't have a police officer available for you," she replied.
I became very angry. "So where are the police?"
"They are where they are," she replied curtly.
I had to return to the street and try to find the hotel. But this time, the men in the car not only followed me again, but another on foot remained at my side for another 20 minutes, repeatedly asking me for sex, and offering me 100 dollars for the service. I refused and refused, but like an obstinate salesman, he just wouldn't stop.
Afterwards, I called the police again, I went to get legal advice, and I went to other organizations.
But until now, I have received no help of any kind!
Yours sincerely,
wanglili
Citizen of the PRC, resident of Shanghai