{"id":7020,"date":"2014-02-18T12:25:33","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T04:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=7020"},"modified":"2014-02-18T12:25:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T04:25:33","slug":"tan-gim-tuans-laughable-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/tan-gim-tuans-laughable-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Tan Gim Tuan’s laughable statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Yeo Bee Yin<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Yesterday MCA English-speaking Bureau chairperson Tan Gim Tuan made a press statement that he knew \u201cthe truth\u201d behind Teresa Kok\u2019s Chinese New Year video, which is to create a political trap so that Barisan Nasional will react negatively towards the video and even the RM1,200 offer to slap Teresa was part of Teresa\u2019s conspiracy to promote herself.<\/p>\n

We find it very amusing that Tan thinks that Teresa had the supernatural prophetic ability to predict and evoke the extreme reactions from the Barisan Nasional, especially Ahmad Zahid Hamidi\u2019s statement that \u2018slap is not a threat\u2019 and the RM1,200 reward to slap Teresa by the UMNO-related NGOs. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We are indeed marveled at Tan\u2019s wild imagination to suggest such a \u201cconspiracy theory\u201d on Teresa\u2019s video. Perhaps he has watched too many movies on conspiracy.\u00a0 No doubt Teresa is a seasoned politician but no one in Malaysia can fathom how Teresa could devise a conspiracy \u201cto promote herself by making herself a victim\u201d through a Chinese New Year political satire video. Tan\u2019s allegation of Teresa\u2019s \u2018self-promotion conspiracy\u2019 couldn\u2019t even convince the primary school students.<\/span><\/p>\n

If MCA would like to please its political master and make up stories to justify the misbehavior of the Barisan Nasional towards this video, then we would like to advice MCA to create a more intelligent story than what Tan has created.<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, even if Teresa had such supernatural ability, we would like to remind MCA that Pakatan Rakyat is not Barisan Nasional, we will in no way resort to stirring up racial tension to achieve our own political interests. MCA\u2019s statement on Teresa\u2019s intention in making the video can best be described by this Chinese saying – to measure the stature of great men by the yardstick of small men.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are very disappointed that MCA has degraded into such low level in terms of intelligence and integrity and hope that they will start speaking for the people and not to please their political master for the benefits of the country. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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