What's the world coming to ? The STAR reported today that Bukit Lanjan assemblywoman Elizabeth Wong’s nude photographs were being circulated. And can you beat it, she had the audacity to claim that this was “a gross outrage of her modesty, a gross invasion of her privacy, and in particular the sanctity of her personal life”.
How dare she, an elected representative of the people, betray the trust placed in her by her constituents ? And worse still, many individuals and even the Women’s NGO JAG, spoke up for her !
But all was not lost. Our Home Minister, Syed Hamid Albar got things into perspective when he “advised those who wanted to take nude pictures of themselves in private to ensure that they did not fall into the wrong hands.” He also chastised Wong’s party, the Pakatan Rakyat, for not vetting the background of their MPs before allowing them to stand in the last general election.
Other bright spots were also offered by former Menteri Besar Khir Toyo who called for Wong to resign on moral grounds. He said, “This is a moral issue and Malaysians cannot accept leaders with moral issues and so she must vacate her State Assembly seat.” Well put.
Kuala Kubu Baru MCA assemblyman Wong Koon Mun was also quite clear in his thinking. He said that a wrong was a wrong. “The picture was obviously taken by someone who had access to her bedroom. Who is that person? And if it’s her boyfriend as rumoured, it is morally wrong for a single woman to allow a man access to her room,” he said.
We are thankful that our country still has leaders like Hamid Albar, Khir Toyo and Wong Koon Mun.
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