Asian businessman in Britain quits, blaming racism

Indian Express:

An Asian man has sold his business in Lancashire and moved out of the area claiming to have endured over 4,000 recorded incidents of racial attack in the last 14 years.

Mal Hussain and his wife Linda Livingstone bought the Ryelands mini market in 1991, and within days they were subjected to racist attacks. Over the years, Hussain has recorded more than 4,000 separate incidents, including a firebomb and being shot at with live bullets on two occasions.

One night, a petrol-soaked mattress blocked the shopdoor. His shop was wrapped in razor wire and barricaded with grills and steel shutters.

He announced his intention to quit the mini market in August last year, but it has taken this long to reach a settlement.

During the 1990s, Craig Wareing, a notorious local racist, was jailed for terrorizing Hussain and was later banned from entering Lancaster for life.

"It has been 14 years of hell for both Linda and I. I have always stated that I would not be driven away from my successful business, built through sheer determination and despite all the attempts by racists to undermine it and force us to leave Ryelands," Hussain said.

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