A woman allegedly racially abuses a passenger on a Melbourne train. Picture: Channel 9 Source: Supplied
THE victim of the latest racist rant on a Melbourne train says she feels like her "dignity has been removed".
"Being humiliated in front of a packed (train) full of passengers - it's like your dignity has been removed from you, I’m traumatised by it," the 53-year-old woman told 3AW radio today.
A witness claimed a woman who appeared to be wearing a lanyard similar to those worn by Department of Justice employees was filmed on a Dandenong-bound service on Tuesday by her victim, who was abused after asking the woman to remove her bag from a seat.
"If my son doesn't want to sit near someone of your race that's totally his opinion and neither do I," the woman says.
"I'm allowed to have my bag here, you don't own the public network, do you? No you don't."
She then closed her argument stating: "I'm not racist, I hate everyone equally."
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The victim, who moved to Australia from the Philippines 25 years ago, said wanted a specific law introduced that will punish people who racially attack others on public transport, rather than revenge.
"I am not an authority to say 'OK, I want her charged' because I don’t want any revenge, I just want to talk on behalf of everybody who might suffer the same fate," the woman told 3AW.
"She is just one of the minority of people who will tarnish Australia, she does not represent Australia."
The victim took her daughter off the train at Dandenong station where she pleaded her case with two PSOs.
"I was upset and hurt because I love Australia," the victim told Channel 9.
Passenger Louise Daglish witnessed the attack and said one of the worst comments the offender unleashed was stating the bomb in Hiroshima had not "been big enough".
"She had a lanyard around her neck with 'justice' written on it which she was waving around saying things like, 'I know the law'," Ms Daglish said.
"She was leaning over her trying to get her phone (and) yelling 'I'm going to smash your phone, I'm going to smash you if you don't give it to me'."
Despite the victim claiming to have replayed the footage to the PSOs, no action has been taken over the attack.
"I screamed ... I thought I didn't make a good case to the police," the victim said.
But a Victoria Police spokeswoman said the two PSOs denied the woman presented the footage or told them she had been racially abused, assaulted or personally threatened.
"The PSOs advised her they were not in a position to take action as based on her account of events to them, no offences had occurred," the statement said.
The Department of Justice said this morning that while it was "unable to confirm that this person is employed" by the organisation, "racist behaviour is not tolerated by the department and no public servant should act in a way that brings themselves or the public sector into disrepute".
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