A charge of assault has been approved against a woman in connection with an unprovoked stranger assault in Metro Vancouver in March.
Hayun Song, 32, allegedly pushed Zenia Marshall while she was shopping at Metropolis at Metrotown in Burnaby, B.C. on March 14.
A province-wide warrant was recently issued for her arrest and attempts are being made to bring her into custody, according to Burnaby RCMP.
“I believe the justice system should be doing as much as they can to ensure the public’s safety,” Marshall said in an emailed statement on Monday. “Whatever is happening now is not working.”
Song has already been in and out of provincial court recently, facing a charge of assault causing bodily harm related to an April 2020 incident involving a senior near the Metrotown SkyTrain station.
On April 3, 2020, an 84-year-old woman using a walker on Central Boulevard near Metrotown Skytrain Station was allegedly tripped in what appeared to be an unprovoked attack.
A surveillance video shared by Burnaby RCMP in May 2020 showed a younger woman tripping the senior, knocking her to the ground.
Reached by Global News outside the Vancouver courthouse two years later on March 25, Song denied any wrongdoing. That month, Burnaby RCMP said the random SkyTrain station assault was a concerning case.
“That’s what’s so troubling about this type of crime is that there’s no reason to it,” Cpl. Brett Cunningham said at the time.
Global News has learned Metro Vancouver Transit Police have also forwarded charges of assault for two more separate incidents, including allegedly pushing someone on a SkyTrain platform on Feb. 6. Those charges are still pending Crown approval.
None of the charges against Song have been proven in court.