Toronto Restaurant Targeted for Its Support of Hong Kong Democracy; Hate Crime Unit Investigating

Wyman Chan (Left), the owner of Pepper Wok restaurant in Richmond Hill, and Gloria Fung (Right), President of Canada-Hong Kong Link, appear in a Dec. 15, 2020 press conference, explaining activities of vandalisms and threats targeting the eatery. Ling Yi/The Epoch Times

When Wyman Chan decorated her modest restaurant with posters and signs showing support for the democracy movement in Hong Kong, she had perhaps never dreamed of it becoming a hot topic online, nor a target of threats.

Negative reviews first poured in online, then came threatening phone calls, culminating with graffiti of male genitals sprayed all across the restaurant front.