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2 Boston City Hall staffers arrested on domestic assault charges

Marwa Khudaynazar, 27, is charged with assaulting a police officer, and Chulan Huang, 26, is facing one domestic assault charge.

Boston City Hall. Lane Turner/Boston Globe

May 15, 2025

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Two City Hall staffers who are dating were arrested during a domestic incident early Thursday morning, including one allegedly attacking a police officer, according to court records.

Boston police responded to a domestic violence incident in progress on Hudson Street in Chinatown around 2 a.m. early Thursday morning, according to a redacted police report obtained by Boston.com.

Marwa Khudaynazar, the chief of staff at the Office of Police Accountability and Transparency, is facing two misdemeanor charges of assault and battery on a police officer and domestic assault and battery, according to court records.

Chulan Huang, a city neighborhood liaison for Downtown, Chinatown, and the Leather District, is facing one misdemeanor charge of domestic assault and battery, court records reflect.

The city’s profiles for Khudaynazar and Huang appear to be taken down, but their LinkedIns reflected their positions Thursday evening. The city did not reply to a request for comment but told The Boston Globe that both have been placed on unpaid administrative leave “effective immediately while the City continues to investigate.”

Both staffers pleaded not guilty and were released on their own recognizance Thursday, according to court documents in Boston Municipal Court’s Central Division.

In the cases against both Khudaynazar and Huang, the prosecution filed for a protective order to withhold additional information from the public.

‘This is unnecessary’: Both staffers told police they work for the city

The Globe reported that police separated Khudaynazar, 27, and Huang, 26, who appeared to have multiple bite marks on his chest and arms. According to the full report, obtained by the Globe, Khudaynazar claimed she bit Huang in self-defense because he wouldn’t let go of her wrists. She had visible marks on her wrists.

Khudaynazar alleged that Huang stole her car and phone, but when they began to arrest Huang, she said she was lying and didn’t want that, the Globe reported. She then tried to close the door, telling “we both work for the city of Boston, we both work for the Mayor’s Office,” the report said, according to the Globe.

Khudaynazar was placed under arrest after she allegedly began hitting an officer on the chest, shouting obscenities. The report alleges that she refused to leave the apartment after police said she did not live there, began to record an officer, and told them to make her move, the Globe reported.

Huang allegedly told police from the back of the cruiser that the pair “both work for the city, this is unnecessary,” according to the Globe.

A lawyer for Khudaynazar did not return a request for comment Thursday evening. Attorney information for Huang was not available.