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PKR Pix-Man Fiasco

There has been so much hype about the Guang Ming Daily Loh Hoay Hoon, 25 who was kicked, choked and hit on the head apparently by a group of PKR security personnel. Malaysiakini reported that The Malaysian Chinese Photojournalist Association (MCPA) is exploring the possibility of boycotting all future PKR events to protest the party’s attitude towards press photographers.

Its pretty easy to jump to conclusion that it was the PKR security folks that harmed the photographer since it was a PKR event isnt it. PKR didnt wait for this to boil over and did their investigation in the matter via its Bito Penerangan head Tian Chua’s wing.

Excerpts from Tian Chua’s Blog

KeADILan telah menjalankan siasatan keatas hal ini dan mendapati bahawa lelaki yang mengasari Loh bukan anggota Skuad Keselamatan. Ketua Skuad Keselamatan KeADILan di Permatang Pauh, Mazlan Mohd Zaid, mengesahkan perkara tersebut.

Mazlan adalah saksi kejadian tersebut, dan membantu menyelamatkan Loh Hooi Hoon dari serangan lelaki misteri itu.

Kami mengutuk keras serangan tersebut, yang mungkin dirancang oleh pihak tertentu bagi menimbulkan kekecohan dalam perhimpunan yang dihadiri lebih 30 ribu orang malam itu. KeADILan dan Skuad Keselamatan bersedia bekerjasama dengan pihak polis dalam siasatan berkenaan peristiwa ini.

And there you have it, it was not the PKR security folks who assulted the photographer. Lets look at it practically, Pakatan have been starved of airtime from mainstream media and when there is coverage do you honestly think that they are going to harm them?? They have been singing the tunes of press freedom for all and they will defnately not do something to say otherwise.

Having said that, sometimes its hard to keep tabs on all your supporters or personal’ actions. Hopefully this can be sorted out asap and life can go on as usual.We need to fnd out who this mysetrious person who harm the photographer is and ban the person from all ceramah’s as this is not what gatherings are for! We are a nation who believes in peace and harmony and anything that can possibly ruin that should be brought to justice!

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Loh Gets Punched and Taib Hits Back

Its all over the papers today, MP of Kelana Jaya ,Loh Gwo Burne got hit on his face by a personal assistant of Seri Setia assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad after a ground-breaking ceremony for a place of worship at Desa Mentari. Residents living in the area had protested against the construction of the building. like every other efficient Pakatan MP, Loh went to the scene to resolve the issue.

Excerpts from the star;

‘Who was responsible for this?’ I must have asked him about 10 times and pointed at him saying that, ‘You as a PA should know’. That was when he punched me in the face above my right eye,”

In my view, its no big deal…At least the politicians and aide’s are beating up each other over a issue that should be resolved and not beating up each other for power or money!!

On a another note,

Former Selangor Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib toke a opportunistic maneuver and hit out at the little drama that unfolded. A separate report from The Star said that The current Selangor Government has lost control. Some interesting points to take out from the report :

“It is clear that Selangor became successful because of the wisdom of its (previous) leaders and its members”

“During Barisan Nasional’s administration, since 1957, there were never incidences about fighting over places of worship.

“We usually resolved everything through a consensus. We allowed churches, temples, mosques and all … but now they have to get physical about it,” he said.

Muhammad added that this shows that the new Government has failed in controlling its people.

“It is clear that Selangor became successful because of the wisdom of its (previous) leaders and its members.

“But now, with the new Government, there are some people fighting for power while some quarters feel inferior about their positions,” said Muhammad

I personally feel that its actually pretty ok for party members to argue and have misunderstanding over such issues as it shows that they are genuinely concerned and doing their job.

Maybe they should have done it behind close doors instead of taking it to the streets.

Latest update by Malaysiakini indicated that a apology has been made by the aide of Nik Azmi and Loh has accepted his apology like a true gentlemen.

On Dato Seri Anwar’s reason arrest,

Muhammad said the real victim was the accuser Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

“But now it looks like someone else has become the victim and people do not care about Saiful and his family.

“We should defend him because he was the one who was assaulted,” he said.

Looks like he has already decided that Saiful was the victim ,wonder how he knows??

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