By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Martin Pang did not show up for a Nov. 14 court hearing to hear his request to change his name to “Mark Sun Lee.” We […]
Community reaction to Martin Pang’s name change petition
By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY PROSSER, Wash. — A convicted arsonist who was recently released from prison after causing the death of four Seattle firefighters is trying to change […]
Martin Pang, a free man again — Part 2 of 2
By Becky Chan Northwest Asian Weekly Martin Pang struck a match and set it to a bottom corner of the old, dried plywood wall. He watched it burn until the […]
Decades after deaths of firefighters, arsonist Pang to walk free again — Part 1 of 2
By Becky Chan Northwest Asian Weekly Martin Pang may walk as a free man Sept. 27 after serving 20 years in prison. He is finishing a sentence at the Washington […]
EDITORIAL: Justice served? No. Martin Pang should not be released from prison early
On this week’s front page, we ran a story about the release of Martin Pang, an arsonist who set fire to his parents’ Chinatown building on Jan. 5, 1995 to […]
Martin Pang to be released from prison
SEATTLE (AP) — Officials say a man who set a Seattle warehouse fire that killed four firefighters in 1995 is set to be released from prison in late September. Martin […]
The fire still burns — Seattle honors the firefighters who died in the Pang Factory fire
By Peggy Chapman Northwest Asian Weekly Approximately 150 people attended the ceremony honoring the death of the four firemen who risked their <!–more–>lives in the Pang Factory fire in Seattle’s […]
Police: Convicted arsonist Martin Pang trying to defraud firefighters, witnesses
By Manuel Valdes The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The man who set a Seattle warehouse fire that killed four firefighters in 1995 had been planning to steal the identities […]