Reading between the lines — Spencer Gan
OCT 30 — I just read an article by Wong Chun Wai of The Star, which was posted on Malaysia Today, and this is the type of self-serving writing that must be exposed.
Firstly, The Star is owned by the MCA — the sometimes alive, mostly dead party of the Barisan Nasional — and Wong is an editor of The Star, which must mean that he has to do the bidding of his political masters.
He occasionally writes articles to appease the liberals or to show that he and his paper actually care about issues important to Malaysians. But he is paid to serve the interest of MCA, and so today, he tries to warn his readers about how PAS is a threat to the human rights and fundamental rights of Malaysians; about how they are going to put Malaysia on a path of chauvinism and extremism.
My take is that he wants Malaysians, especially Chinese, to be so frightened of PAS politicians that they will desert Pakatan Rakyat and support his bosses, the MCA.
This is the type of self-serving articles that have condemned the mainstream media in the eyes of many. These journalists write to keep their bosses in power, and not to promote any values.
I wonder why Wong did not write an article condemning Rahim Noor for likening the human rights movement to communism; after all, isn't he or The Star justifying its attacks on PAS on the basis of human rights?
PAS is far from a perfect political party, but the last time I checked, it did not control the Tourism Ministry that the Auditor-General found to have grossly overpaid for directly-negotiated advertisements.
PAS politicians also did not stop the importation of Christian bibles or protest against the use of the word "Allah" by Christians.
In addition, PAS has not alleged that there is a Christian conspiracy to take over Malaysia or continually questioned the role of non-Malays.
Has The Star done any investigate piece on the MCA-linked Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal like the The Sun? Has Wong written any piece on the inflated defence contracts?
No.
Yet his newspaper has been quick to tarnish the image of a political party that stood at the forefront of the Bersih 2.0 rally, which incidentally The Star and other mainstream media made light of.
* Spencer Gan reads The Malaysian Insider.
* This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication, and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malaysian Insider.
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