BOTH killings bared age-old prejudices and injustices toward long-oppressed sectors — and the contrasting modes of democracy in Asia and the United States.

The fatal suffocation last week of African American George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police has sparked daily protests in major cities in the US, as well as looting and violence.

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