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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