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Ken Jeong donates $50,000 to families of Atlanta spa shooting victims

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NBC News confirmed.The 51-year-old actor made individual $10,000 GoFundMe donations to the families of Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Xiaojie Tan and Yong Yue under his birth name: Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong.“The Hangover” and “Community” scene-stealer, whose parents migrated to the US from South Korea, also shared the crowd-sourced fundraisers to his Twitter account so that others could contribute too.

The financial action is just the latest move Jeong has made after a lone gunman killed six Asian women and two others in Atlanta.

The act of violence brought renewed attention to hate crimes against asian people — especially since the coronavirus outbreak — spawning nationwide #StopAsianHate rallies.

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