‘Racist threat’ to Alliance MLA
More racist threats have been made against Alliance MLA Anna Lo.
She appeared at a multi-cultural forum in Coleraine on Thursday despite the threat being phoned into the venue, a local hotel.
Alliance leader David Ford said the threat was reported to the police who ensured her safety.
Mr Ford said what happened was sickening and people who make such threats have no place in the new Northern Ireland.
Ms Lo addressed the annual general meeting of the Coleraine Borough Churches Forum.
The threat was received by the hotel on Wednesday, claiming there would be attacks on her and the group if the event went ahead.
The South Belfast Assembly member, who is originally from Hong Kong, said: “I think really it is very sad that we still have elements in our society, people like that, who want to disrupt a very good organisation that aims to bring together all the churches and work on healing cross-community relations.”
Ms Lo also received threats and hate mail when she spoke out in support of Roma people who were intimidated from their homes in her constituency earlier this year.
