A group of South Asians are alleging in a video on TikTok that they were recently kicked out of a Cactus Club in Coquitlam “just for being brown.”

The inscription on the video reads: “12 university students were kicked out of Cactus Club in Coquitlam last night by the police without even checking their ID just for being brown.”

However, Coquitlam RCMP media spokesperson Constable Deanna Law told The VOICE on Wednesday that the RCMP were “contacted to assist Cactus Club security with approximately twelve unwanted guests.”

She said that she could not speak too much about the incident because of privacy issues, but added: “From what I can see in the file, the group was asked to leave by Cactus Club security due to an incident that allegedly occurred in a Langley Cactus Club.”

The VOICE has contacted Cactus Club for their version of the event and will post it here as soon as we receive a response.

UPDATE:

http://7zi.e17.mywebsitetransfer.com/cactus-club-offer-their-unreserved-apology-to-south-asian-university-students-who-were-asked-to-leave-coquitlam-restaurant/