Sima Kotecha was reporting on the aftermath of the June 23 referendum from the town of Basingstoke when she heard someone saying “Paki”, a racist term used for South Asian origin migrants.
LONDON – An Indo-British BBC reporter faced racist abuse on the streets of her hometown in southern England on Tuesday while she was reporting on Brexit vote.
Sima Kotecha was reporting on the aftermath of the June 23 referendum from the town of Basingstoke when she heard someone saying “Paki”, a racist term used for South Asian origin migrants.
“In utter shock: just been called ‘p..i’ in my home town! Haven’t heard that word here since the 80s,” she later tweeted.
