Lawmaker sees red over his 'pig head'

Kuala Lumpur - A DAP assemblyperson in Selangor is seeing red after finding a photograph of him superimposed with a pig's nose in a blog posting that also contained a fabricated 'report' that he had attempted sabotage his counterparts in PAS.

Sekinchan assemblyperson Ng Suee Lim submitted a printed copy of the doctored picture as well as a copy of the blog report in his complaint filed at the Sekinchan police station yesterday.

The offending picture and report were posted on pro-Umno blog 'Sungai Rapat Online'.

"I suspect the blog is owned by Perak exco member Hamidah Osman or her supporters, because 90 percent of the content is about her," Ng told Malaysiakini when contacted.

Hamidah is the Umno assemblyperson for Sungai Rapat.

The doctored photograph was posted in a report dated June 14, titled "DAP menyambut baik pengguguran Hasan Ali daripada sebarang jawatan dalam PAS" (DAP welcomes decision to drop Hasan Ali from all posts in PAS).

Ng claimed that the report was fabricated as he has never been interviewed by the blog or said the things attributed to him in the report.

The report quoted him as saying that the decision to drop Hasan was a valuable gift to Selangor DAP as the former Selangor PAS commissioner was a hurdle to the unity of Pakatan Rakyat parties in the state.

According to the report, Ng is also alleged to have said, "... we (DAP) don't like (Hasan). But I heard he has disturbed DAP representatives.

Utusan Malaysia also in the act

"Hasan is also seen as different from other PAS state leaders because he is seen as being more keen to find faults with DAP representatives. We know how Hasan attacked (DAP state exco member) Ronnie Liu before."

The blog posting is similar to a report published by Utusan Malaysia on Tuesday. The posting appears to have been copied and modified from the Utusan report, with the only difference being Ng's quotes.

Ng in his police report also accused Utusan of publishing a false report because the daily had never interviewed him on the matter, and he had never made such statements anywhere.

"The content of the blog report is baseless and a form of criminal defamation. Therefore, I demand that the police investigate," he said.

A check by Malaysiakini at 5pm yesterday showed that the posting had been removed about two hours after Ng made his police report.

However, a thumbnail image of the doctored photograph of Ng and the title of the posting can still be seen on the front page of the blog.

-- Courtesy of Malaysiakini