I was almost impressed by how the government turned the tables against the media and the reporters - in a last ditch effort to cover their racism. or at the least, the racism of one of those in their ranks.
If you read the previous post - or if you have been following the local news in the past week or so - you would know that a certain politician made racist remarks against the Chinese community.
He then conveniently disappeared - so much so the cops and the PM could not contact him.
Apparently, he was overseas - in neighbouring Thailand. But in our day and age, do you expect us to believe that just because you are there, you cannot be contacted?
10 days after he made those racist remarks, he comes forward and say that he was misquoted out of context. The reporters were all behind it.
The PM quickly changed his tune and stood by his man and pushed the blame on the media and the reporters.
The reporter quickly stood by her story (see here).
So who do we believe?
I dun believe the politician. It is clearly an afterthought - his explanation. It took him so long to come up with this story. If it was indeed the truth, why wait til after 10 days?
Further, what was the purpose of him saying wat he said - he alleged he was making reference to history. Why did he suddenly make a historical observation in his speech? No explanation given.
The PM? He wasn't there so his view is worth nothing.
The reporter? Well, i believe her. Read her explanation - the context of when those words were actually spoken.
But i worry for her. In her bravery to do her job, the right thing, to stand up for the truth and expose contemptuous behavior, she could be made the scapegoat.
Malaysia boleh!
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