By Dave Burke Nearly half of East and Southeast Asian people in the UK have experienced a hate crime in the past year, a devastating study has found. Despite experiencing hatred on a sickening scale, just 10% of victims report crimes to police due to lack of faith in authorities, charity Protection Approaches found. A report published today found 430,000 members of the East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) community – around 45% – had experienced hate crime in the last 12 months. And more than half experienced more than one instance, meaning close to one million cases. The charity’s report, publishe…