1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Now, last week we told you about this story that 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: was being reported on the ABC regarding the new Shanghai 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,319 Speaker 1: Chinese restaurant in Catherine. It was rocked by a pre 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: door machete attack and a car jacking. It was a 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: terrifying incident. And well, joining us in the studio is 6 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: Nashe Cassi Yann, who is indeed the owner of the 7 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: restaurant and also one of the employees there. ERU, good 8 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: morning to you both. How are you good morning? Really 9 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: good to have you in the studio. I appreciate your 10 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: time now, Nashe. First off, this sounds like it was 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: a truly scary situation that took place at your business. 12 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: Your chef Brian was threatened with a knife and he 13 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: was robbed. How's he going. 14 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 2: At this moment in time. He's actually out in Sydney, IK. 15 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 2: He's packed up his bags and said, you know what, 16 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 2: I've had enough of Catherine because this was the third 17 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 2: incident since January for him. 18 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: Yeah right, So tell me what else had he endured 19 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: over that short period of time. 20 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 2: Okay, So on the first second day we opened, his 21 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 2: car was parked outside and little kids just walked up 22 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 2: to his car and jumped on it and literally broke 23 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 2: the windscreen. We could see all of that on the 24 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 2: cameras and it's just horrific. Yeah, we were fortunate enough 25 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 2: to know quite a few people on the on Catherine 26 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: Terrace who were able to point out to who the 27 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,759 Speaker 2: kids were. And then we just handed over the CCTV 28 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 2: stuff to the police. And we don't know what's happened 29 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,199 Speaker 2: to that particular person that did that, but I'm hoping something. 30 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, hopefully there's a consequence to that action. 31 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 2: And then the second part of it is because of 32 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 2: where we're located, we get a lot of the kids 33 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,559 Speaker 2: clombing up onto the roof and they start throwing stones 34 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: at the cars. I'm sure you've heard people complain about definitely. Yeah, 35 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: so that happens around about where we are as well. 36 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 2: And then this particular incident, it was the first thing 37 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 2: in the morning for him. They were going in to 38 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 2: do the foot preps for the day and as he 39 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 2: was opening the back gate, some kids just ran up 40 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 2: to him. I wouldn't know whether there's kids or adults, 41 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 2: but they had machetes and knives and they literally just 42 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 2: screamed at him and so give us the keys, give 43 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 2: us the phone. 44 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: And yeah, and so justifiably he has had enough, like 45 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: he's you know, that's that's the kind of thing that 46 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: shakes you to your core. Really, it's frightening stuff. And 47 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter how old these people are. It's bloody scary. Yes, 48 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: incredibly scary now, Eric for you in terms of you know, 49 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: going to work each day, Like, how frightening has it 50 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: become with some of these young people that are getting 51 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: around town, will running a mark doing the wrong thing? 52 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 3: Yes, but fortunately I haven't full face on the scared things. Yeah, 53 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 3: since I came to castlein yep. 54 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 4: But I was shot in this yeah. 55 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, Look, it's a worry. There is no other way 56 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: to put it. Now, Nash, tell me, you know, what 57 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: do you think has it been an uptick in crime? 58 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 1: Do you think over the last sort of couple of months. 59 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 2: I would like to say yes, But then it's a 60 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 2: double edged sword because this upticking crime hasn't just happened 61 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 2: over the last couple of months. It's been a gradual 62 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 2: increase for a while. I can't exactly put a number 63 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 2: on it to say it would have started whether it 64 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 2: was at the beginning of the wet season or just 65 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 2: before that, but then at that time, my focus was 66 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 2: somewhere else. So everything that's going on, it's not just 67 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 2: our restaurant that's been affected. The shops across the street. 68 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 2: Nikki from the coffee club. 69 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, she's had a terrible situation her, yes. 70 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 2: And the servile next door to us, a shell bp ORTR. 71 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 2: All the businesses in town are pretty much getting affected. 72 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 2: And at the end of the day, what people don't 73 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 2: realize is the cost of the shutdowns and the repair 74 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 2: cost and everything else that's on the back end of this. 75 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: It's so shy at the moment. Is New Shanghai still 76 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: open at the moment or are you closed at this point? 77 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 2: We are closed at the moment because everybody when this 78 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 2: whole happened, we were already as you can imagine, Catherine, 79 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 2: it's pretty tough to retain stuff in the first place, 80 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 2: and this incident happened, everybody got scared, and obviously with 81 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,559 Speaker 2: the head chef who's gone away. And what's really sad 82 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 2: for us anyway, is when we actually acquired the restaurant, 83 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 2: it was to try and keep this place alive. It's 84 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 2: been an operation for maybe twenty twenty two years, and 85 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 2: most of the customers are all locals. When you look 86 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 2: at the numbers, it's not really a dry season pea. 87 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 2: You know that, you know, it's the locals are the 88 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 2: ones that support that business. And when we got it, 89 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 2: we made sure we maintained the recipe and everything else 90 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 2: the same to make sure that Catherine does lose out 91 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,559 Speaker 2: on that. Right now with us being closed and whether 92 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 2: we will have the opportunity to reopen in time or 93 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 2: you know, it's really tough to sort of like gauge 94 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 2: where we're. 95 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: What do you think, like, what do you want to do? 96 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 1: I mean, I assume that you want to reopen, but 97 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: you want to make sure that your staff, that you 98 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 1: that everybody is safe, that's correct. 99 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 2: One of the things that the police, or at least 100 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:27,559 Speaker 2: were the member for Catherine was generous enough to jump 101 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 2: on board and say, Okay, we're going to try and 102 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 2: help to improve the security situation around here. That would 103 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 2: entail returning one of the mobile cameras that's there. And 104 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 2: but my question is, why do we only have you know, 105 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 2: that particular mobile camera. Why do we not have more 106 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 2: than just one or two in the town If we 107 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 2: have so many hotspots for all of this, I'm sure 108 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 2: there's a warehouse somewhere with a whole bunch of mobile 109 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 2: cameras just in storage somewhere. Why can't we put them 110 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 2: up in all these places at least safeguard. 111 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 1: Try and sort something out that's correct. Yesterday we actually 112 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: caught up with the Catherine Mayor Joanna Holden, who's revealed 113 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 1: that there's been a discussion regarding the establishment of a 114 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: round table to come up with some solutions to tackle 115 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: the issues of crime. Is that something that you would 116 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: like to see. 117 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 2: Happen, Yes, definitely, So I mean, should that happen, I 118 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 2: would like to also be on that table because I 119 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 2: believe it ties into what I do outside of on 120 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 2: in the restaurant, within the construction space, especially within the 121 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:35,119 Speaker 2: remote housing accommodation and provision, and what we've been trying 122 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 2: to do as a business is to create culturally appropriate housing, 123 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 2: as you could say, because there's a lot of studies 124 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 2: that we've actually done in terms of trying to re 125 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 2: evaluate what the changes are that we can make to 126 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 2: the current government standard house model. But that's a conversation 127 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 2: for another day. 128 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 3: Yeah. 129 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: Well, and I guess you know around title as well, 130 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,039 Speaker 1: to have every already at that table talking about some 131 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: solutions to try and really move forward and to work 132 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: this out. Like, Catherine's a wonderful place, it is, and 133 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: everybody wants to stay living there. You want to be 134 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: able to run your business there, you want to be 135 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: able to enjoy life. But when you're worried about your safety, 136 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: it becomes really difficult to do that, doesn't it. 137 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 2: Yes, it does, Yeah, it does, and it's it's such 138 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 2: a shame. Like you said, Catherine is so wonderful and 139 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 2: in fact, the whole Antea as a whole, it is wonderful. 140 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 2: But then it's situations like this that make everybody sort 141 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 2: of like reassessed to go is this where we want 142 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: to be? We want to raise our kids and things 143 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 2: like that. You know, it's pretty tough. 144 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: How long have you lived in Catherine? 145 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 4: I they in casting for fifty. 146 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: Daies and and you know, do you want to stay 147 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: living there? 148 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 4: Yes? 149 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: Yeah? But are you worried about that safety element? 150 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 3: You want to sort it? Yes, especially because I am 151 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 3: from Japan is very safe fresh so yeah. 152 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, and as. 153 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: A young woman that's moved here from Japan as well, 154 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: you know you want to be safe and you're exactly 155 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: the kind of person that we want living in Australia 156 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: and living in Catherine, and you know, we need skilled, 157 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: wonderful workers here and if people don't feel safe. 158 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 4: It's really tough. 159 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: Yes, well, look, I appreciate you both coming into the 160 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: studio and having a chat with me this morning. We 161 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: are going to be catching up with the Northern Territory 162 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: Police Commissioner tomorrow, so I'm keen to talk a little 163 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: bit more to him as well about some of the 164 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: work that might be happening in Catherine to try to 165 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: keep territorians safe and to try and really sort some 166 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: of the issues of crime. So thank you so much 167 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: both of you for having a chat with me this morning. 168 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: I really appreciate, really appreciate your time. Thank you.