NY man gets 22 years’ jail for killing Chinese immigrant

NEW YORK: A New York City man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter and a hate crime in the 2021 killing of a Chinese immigrant has been sentenced to 22 years in prison, authorities said.

Jarrod Powell’s attack on Yao Pan Ma, 61, in Manhattan’s East Harlem neighbourhood was one of a spate of attacks targeting Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders across the US.

Ma was in a coma for eight months before he died.

Police surveillance video of the April 2021 attack showed Ma being knocked down from behind and kicked in the head multiple times by a lone man.