Judge orders Hmong radio host, associate to stand trial on felony elder abuse charge
A controversial radio host who critics says uses the airwaves to incite dissension in the Hmong community went to Fresno Superior Court this week to clear his name in connection with the beating of an elderly man inside the civil courthouse last year.
Instead, Judge Houry Sanderson on Friday ordered Fresno radio host Pao Xiong, 61, and his associate, Houa Thao, 56, to stand trial on felony charges of elder abuse and felony battery causing serious injury.
Charges were dismissed against a third defendant, Tou Lee, 60.
Pao Xiong, who is also known as Nao Pao Xiong, hosts a Hmong-language broadcast on the Internet called "GVP Radio." Critics say GVP stand for the late General Pao Vang and that Xiong uses the acronym to manipulate the Hmong community nationwide to create controversy and division.
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