Wednesday November 18, 2009

Ti blames it on biased reporting by Chinese media

PETALING JAYA: The MCA is in the process of resolving its internal problems but the party is not receiving the encouragement and support from the Chinese media, said central committee (CC) member Datuk Ti Lian Ker.

He said all parties including Umno had their share of political upheavals and would ultimately be settled with the victor emerging stronger.

Ti accused the Chinese media of being partisan in their reporting, adding the media and other forces had fanned up speculations to remove party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat.

“If they cannot remove Ong as president, then they are prepared to destroy, sideline or marginalise MCA,” said Ti, who is also the party Kuantan division head, said in his blog tilianker.blogspot.com.

In a hard-hitting posting, Ti said the Chinese media was now monopolised by the Sin Chew group, saying “the power of the Chinese media over the Chinese electorate would render the media owner personal power without having to be directly involved in the political arena.”

Ti also criticised an article on the political situation in MCA written by Rita Sim (pic), the executive director of Sin Chew Media Corp Bhd, which had appeared in an English daily.

Sim wrote that MCA had to resolve its internal problems soon before the Chinese community looked elsewhere for a more reliable representation.

She commented that MCA appeared to be incapable of resolving its leadership crisis, and there was increasing speculation that other alternative channels in the Chinese community might step into the political representation vacuum left by the MCA’s inability to perform.

Ti said Sim’s article was not based on research, but based on an earlier article written by her and published in another English publication previously.

“Sim is no longer the deputy chairman of Insap (Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research) as she has tendered her resignation,” he wrote in his blog.

He said Sim, by proposing alternative channels to fill “a created or orchestrated political vacuum” was doing a “great injustice to the MCA.”

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