Racist graffiti daubed on Hindu temple, Asian restaurants in Melbourne's east
A Chinese restaurant, a Thai restaurant and the Shree Swaminarayan temple, all in the outer suburb of Boronia, were discovered defaced with hateful slurs on Monday morning.
The restaurants were vandalised in red paint with the words 'go home', along with offensive language.
Police say racist graffiti was also spray-painted on the front of a healing centre on the Mountain Highway overnight. They believe the four incidents are linked.
'An investigation into the incident is under way,' police said in a statement. 'There is absolutely no place at all in our society for hate-based and racist behaviour.'
Graham and Elly Tran own Chinese restaurant Kingsland, which has been a fixture on Boronia Road since 1991.
Graham grew up in the restaurant, which his parents started and he later took over. He said he had never before seen racist vandalism during his time in Boronia.
'Getting it plastered onto the wall of my business hurts a lot,' he said. 'I grew up [spending] more time in the restaurant than I did at home.'
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