Does The Star have a Christian agenda? July 24 , 2012 at 4:35 pm
MCA Youth chief Wee Ka Siong in a press release yesterday said that “ no DAP leader dares to walk with Karpal in condemning PAS”
for the Islamist party’s continued hudud push .
The reason he has had to do this is because The Star did not carry the story .
The Star electing to bury the Karpal-hudud story is hardly surprising as the paper has been consistently blacking out news items
that might possibly have a negative impact on the DAP.
One recent and glaring example is the paper’s failure to even mention that one of Hannah Yeoh’s Subang Jaya evangelist churches had
been implicated in an alleged RM5.3 million (S$2.1m) money-laundering scam.
This was highlighted by the Singapore press reporting on the City Harvest Church pastor and officials recently charged in court for massive fraud.
The MCA-owned paper , however , deliberately chose to keep its readers in the dark regarding the misappropriated funds allegedly diverted via City Harvest Church Subang Jaya.
No DAP bad news allowed in Star
In his statement
Wee said :
“ I strongly urge other top DAP leaders , Theresa Kok, Guan Eng , Hannah Yeoh , Teo Nie Ching , Charles Santiago or Xavier Jayakumar to publicly chastise
PAS regarding hudud law. Are they in agreement with their Chairman, and therefore believe that PAS should stop pursuing hudud law? If so, why have they still
not said anything about the issue?”
Wee erroneously included Xavier Jayakumar in his list of “ top DAP leaders ”. Xavier is a PKR Selangor state assemblyman.
However it is not difficult to guess how Wee’s mistake came about . The name list is Christian although the Kim Guan Eng creature is a chameleon.
(Since we’re on the topic, perhaps MCA should indeed urge Guan Eng to disclose his religious affiliation in order to end the speculation.)
The fact that Wee singled out these names for mention merits scrutiny because he has credited them as “top DAP leaders”.
While Teresa and Guan Eng are undoubtedly so, the elevated position of Hannah, Nie Ching and Charles Santiago have nevertheless come about only through
public perception. It is important to note that their status is artificial — manufactured by the media and in large part by The Star, and the Pakatan media.
I recommend that MCA do an audit of The Star‘s coverage vis-a-vis the names mentioned by Wee Ka Siong against their counterparts in MCA.
Let the empirical data speak for itself. As it is, even MCA party president Chua Soi Lek has himself ticked off The Star for failing to cover his roadshow in Sepang earlier this year in May 2012 . Hannah Yeoh joined DAP in January 2007 Teo Nie Ching joined DAP in January 2008 Charles Santiago joined DAP in February 2008 These three , all added together, merely total one-and-a-half years’ worth of party membership prior to 8 March 2008 when the general election was held . Let’s examine reality as opposed to perception . Below are the DAP officer bearers, list taken from the party website.
Let the empirical data speak for itself. As it is, even MCA party president Chua Soi Lek has himself ticked off The Star for failing to cover his roadshow in Sepang earlier this year in May 2012 . Hannah Yeoh joined DAP in January 2007 Teo Nie Ching joined DAP in January 2008 Charles Santiago joined DAP in February 2008 These three , all added together, merely total one-and-a-half years’ worth of party membership prior to 8 March 2008 when the general election was held . Let’s examine reality as opposed to perception . Below are the DAP officer bearers, list taken from the party website.
Advisor : Chen Man Hin .. Chairman : Karpal Singh .. Deputy Chairman : Tan Seng Giaw .. Vice Chairmen : M. Kula Segaran , Chow Kon Yeow, Tan Kok Wai , Chong Chien Jen Sec-gen : Lim Guan Eng Deputy sec-gens : Chong Eng , Ngeh Koo Ham , P. Ramasamy Treasurer : Fong Kui Lun Asst Treasurer : Nga Kor Ming Organizing Secretary : Teresa Kok Asst Organizing Secretary : Vincent Wu Publicity Secretary : Tony Pua Asst Publicity Secretary : Teo Nie Ching Political Education Director: Anthony Loke Asst Political Education Director : Jeff Ooi International Secretary : Liew Chin Tong Parliamentary Leader : Lim Kit Siang Committee Members : Ahmad Ton , Leong Ngah Ngah , Teng Chang Kim , Gobind Singh Deo , P. Gunasekeran , Boo Cheng Hau , Ronnie Liu , Hiew King Cheu Even though Wee Ka Siong mentions Hannah Yeoh and Charles Santiago as “top DAP leaders”, they do not feature in the national DAP party hierarchy. ......................... Out of the three lists, Teo Nie Ching features in one — her appointment as assistant publicity secretary. It is not an elected leadership position. Hannah Yeoh (and Charles Santiago) do not figure at all in the DAP, Wanita DAP and DAPsy leadership. So why is it that an MCA deputy minister has mentioned them as “top DAP leaders”? Is it because they get their faces plastered across the newspaper pages every day thus creating the impression that they’re important DAP spokesmen? (“ 1 day ago ” ) public appearance by Hannah Yeoh in her must-have promotion several times a week by The Star which reporter three days ago (July 21) interviewing Hannah Yeoh for a Ramadan special feature coming up soon in the paper . Why Hannah has been interviewed for an upcoming Ramadan story is as mind-boggling as Pork Ribs touted for The Star‘s Buka Puasa menu last year. MCA must find of what is The Star‘s problem (its blatant pro-DAP bias) as I’m sure Umno and the rest of BN are curious too. Wee Ka Siong is curious to know why the newspaper owned by his party has been giving such positive and widespread publicity to the people he mentioned – Teresa Kok, Guan Eng, Hannah Yeoh, Teo Nie Ching , Charles Santiago , Xavier Jayakumar – the answer could well be The Star‘s Anglophile-Christian agenda .
Chairperson: Chong Eng Deputy Chairperson: Ong Kwai Leng Vice Chairperson: Betty Chew Secretary: Teresa Kok Asst Secretary: Wong Lin See Treasurer: Yaw Kuang Mee Organizing Secretary: Fong Po Kuan Asst Organizing Secretary: Leong Mee Meng Publicity Secretary: Chan Su Sann Asst Publicity Secretary: K. Maragatam Committee Member: Leong Ooi Kuan Note again that Hannah Yeoh is not in the list. Let’s now look at the DAP Socialist Youth (DAPsy) line-up. Chairman: Anthony Loke Deputy Chairman: Jenice Lee Vice Chairmen: Violet Wu, Wong Kah Woh Secretary: Loh Chee Heng ( Former Teluk Datuk ADUN Loh Chee Heng has been charged RM33K? )
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