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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Breach of ethics and you are liable to be sued for defamation!

MMKTT reproduced a post which it claimed to have been tweeted by one "PISAU" in May 2011 -- about that 16-year-o;d schoolboy who was reported to have allegedly "fondled" a fellow schoolmate of about same age at a school in Penang.

The report also claimed the parents of the culprit had paid RM200,000 to the girl's family to hush up the matter.

The story also implicated none other than the son of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng who yesterday issued a strong rebuke at whoever was/were behind the character assasination. (SEE ++++ below) In fact, Lim the day before had challenged a local newspaper to publish the report linking his son to the alleged molest incident and he promised that he would take follow-up action against the paper.

I won't reprise the full knotty post here/hear BUT here's the LINK:


"http://malaysiansmustknowthetruth.blogspot.com/2011/10/rm200-thousand-for-squeezing-and.html"

In the unearthly hours of Oct 19, 2011 Desi posted the following, solitary comment (with typos and all/awe:) -- hey, I am sleepy and groggy from overdose of charKUAIteow and tehtari'! -- at MalaysiansMustKnowTheTruth blog aggregator.

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I hope you take note it's an offfence from the point of ETHICS -- if not law -- to have printed the two pictures as the subjects aged 16 are below the age of consent (18 I believe unless they have changed this?


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++++From malaysia-chronicle.com:

Tuesday, 18 October 2011 14:47

Guan Eng slams Umno for trying wreck his son's life with "cruel, barbaric" lies

Written by Lim Guan Eng
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Umno should act against those trying to wreck the life of my young son with cruel and barbaric lies just to finish me off politically. This way, Umno can prove that it is not a 3-D party that employs Desperate, Dangerous and Dirty tactics.

Prime Minister Najib Razak had declared during the Gerakan National Delegates Conference two days ago that BN had not given up on Penang and will go all out to recapture the state from Pakatan Rakyat. Following those Najib’s declaration of intent, we see pro-UMNO blogs and some UMNO leaders carrying out a serial campaign in the internet to systematically not only character assasinate me but also cruelly dragging in my young 16 year old son with their lies.

My wife and I are furious that pro-UMNO blogs and some UMNO leaders have made or perpetuated false allegations against my young son of criminal wrongdoing. My family and I deplore these lies and fabrications against my young son as morally despicable and barbaric. UMNO should act against those trying to wreck the life of my young son with cruel and barbaric lies just to finish me off politically to prove that UMNO is not a 3D party that employs desperate, dangerous and dirty tactics just to cling on and retain power at any cost.

My son had transferred to St Xavier Institution in Penang from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Cina Heng Yee because I had promised him that he could transfer to the school of his choice if he scored at least 6As in his PMR. When he achieved that, he was transferred at the beginning of the school term this year in January 2011. My son wanted to go to St Xavier because he did not want to have a crew-cut hairstyle that is required for Heng Yee students but wanted to keep his hair longer.

In this modern world, it is difficult for a young kid growing up, especially so when his father is a Chief Minister targeted daily by the pro-BN media. For a young kid growing up, to be maligned in such a beastly and cruel fashion publicly is unacceptable and inhumane.

My son is very shaken up by these lies. He has also not gone back to school for two days. I feel sad and that I am not able to protect my young son from these pro-UMNO ferocious beasts.

I urge these ferocious pro-UMNO beasts not to prey on the innocence of my young children. If you want to finish me off, do your worst to me but leave my innocent children alone. UMNO politicians have children too and DAP have never gone for their children and do not intend to so.

Amongst some UMNO leaders who highligted this shameful episode in the blogs is Bukit Gelugor(Penang) UMNO Division vice-chairman Dr Novandri Hasan Basri. He was then followed by many UMNO leaders rehashing the lies. Sadly even UMNO Youth chief Khairy Jamaludin joined in these shameful lies by poking fun at my son with this tweet:-

@Khairykj Khairy Jamaluddin

@PapaGomo Mungkin dia roboh Kampung Buah Pala sebab nak ganti dengan Kampung Buah Dada.

http://twitter.com/#!/Khairykj/status/125841671102529536

I hope those poking fun and spreading lies at my young son can look at themselves in the mirror as a father and ask whether they want their own child to suffer the trauma of such lies. My family and I reserve the right to take any further action to protect my family. In the meantime, my wife and I will try to heal my young son and pray that he will recover from having his innocence so cruelly destroyed by these pro-UMNO beasts.

Lim Guan Eng is the DAP secretary-general and Penang Chief Minister

Related Story: Guan Eng on molest by VVIP'son: Let Umno newspapers print first, then I'll act


DESIDERATA: The case for defamation against the party/parties involved in spreading the alleged molest story would even be STRONGER if finally it's proven there was no such case of molestation! Even if there was such a case, and the two whose pictures were published could be the "wrong persons" identified to have been involved also builds a STRONG CASE for a defamation suit! So bloggers/BUMmers, beware oif what you write and what you Copy&Pastry! -- Desi, knottyaSsusual

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