I think this whole thing has blown out of proportion.. In my opinion, Steve Ly is doing the right thing by going to the clan to get this resolved.
In our Hmong culture, if a hmong spreads false rumor or assumed false rumor, the clan system gets involved...We are a people and we need to resolve our our issues as much as possible before running off to Mekas. If you have family issues, you don't run off to other people.. you start w/ your family and then if that doesn't work, you get others (mekas, police, the court, etc..) invoved.. If run off to others for every little thing, we become whiners,looked down by others. Things we can resolved on our own, we should.
The clan system is very uniquely ours.. The same goes some of our others cultures, traditions, etc... If we keep taking it away...tearing down, pretty soon, we are left with nothing. Before we start criticizing, breaking apart, tearing down our own cultures, traditions, etc..know what you're doing and why.
To be honest, I don't think this young lady (Hmong) and the non-hmong involved have an idea about this clan system other than seeing as "harassment."