There were only two occasions in the last three and the half months I’ve seen our country, Malaysia making news in the media here in Sydney.
The first one was around in May when an Islamic group caused a stir by stating that uniforms of schoolgirls were too sexy and invited 'rape and pre-marital sex'. That deserved the attention in the daily free papers MX few days after that statement was made.
This morning on the local TV network news update, we had video on the fiasco around people shoving and pushing trying to get into the stadium showing support for the former DPM. Given the political whining and bickering going on in Malaysia, we made the headlines in Australia with the Prime Minister’s office making a clear statement that he will not be meeting with our former DPM in showing his support to him as hi predecessor did 10 years ago.
Of course we’ll claim that westerns media picks only the “juicy” news about Malaysia and depicts the unsettling scenes of our country’s domestic issues. Maybe it’s just a way of getting publicity and global political support by some party’s for their personal interest knowing that many developed countries are frustrated with Malaysia’s semi-closed door economic policy. But we can’t deny that it’s true! It is happening; they are not falsifying the situation back home. It is embarrassing that not only does Malaysia hardly make the news but when we do, for the wrong reasons.
It’s like watching two school kids taking revenge over each other. Rather than focusing their energy onto effort in being a government or being the opposition barking on the government’s heels, both parties are calling each other names telling tales to see who wins the lollipop.
The first one was around in May when an Islamic group caused a stir by stating that uniforms of schoolgirls were too sexy and invited 'rape and pre-marital sex'. That deserved the attention in the daily free papers MX few days after that statement was made.
This morning on the local TV network news update, we had video on the fiasco around people shoving and pushing trying to get into the stadium showing support for the former DPM. Given the political whining and bickering going on in Malaysia, we made the headlines in Australia with the Prime Minister’s office making a clear statement that he will not be meeting with our former DPM in showing his support to him as hi predecessor did 10 years ago.
Of course we’ll claim that westerns media picks only the “juicy” news about Malaysia and depicts the unsettling scenes of our country’s domestic issues. Maybe it’s just a way of getting publicity and global political support by some party’s for their personal interest knowing that many developed countries are frustrated with Malaysia’s semi-closed door economic policy. But we can’t deny that it’s true! It is happening; they are not falsifying the situation back home. It is embarrassing that not only does Malaysia hardly make the news but when we do, for the wrong reasons.
It’s like watching two school kids taking revenge over each other. Rather than focusing their energy onto effort in being a government or being the opposition barking on the government’s heels, both parties are calling each other names telling tales to see who wins the lollipop.
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