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http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/ED...-LOH-KIAH-MUAN Online Only - MP had no empathy Letter from LAWRENCE LOH KIAH MUAN Updated 10:07 PM May 13, 2009 It started with Member of Parliament (MP) Seng Han Thong being set on fire. Then came MP Denise Phua who was threatened by a rag-and-bone man. Recently, MP Cynthia Phua was subjected to a display of violence by a constituent. Although these incidents are disturbing and a cause for concern, I wonder whether the constituents are solely to be blamed. Allow me to relate my personal experience. In February 2001, my older son died in a naval accident whilst serving National Service. In that year, my younger son was due for enlistment. A friend, a very active grassroots member, suggested that I approach my MP, for help in exploring the possibility of getting an exemption for my younger son. I was reluctant but he went ahead to fix an appointment for me at the Meet-The-People Session (MPS). I subsequently relented and he accompanied me there. It was in March 2001. That was my first appearance at a MPS, and it was to be my last. I waited until midnight before I could meet the MP. Prior to this, he was given the case paper which detailed the objective of the meeting and the circumstances of my case. When I entered the room, his first remark was

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(The Straits Times) - SINGAPORE newspapers should be more circumspect in treating 'allegations or innuendoes that clearly sought to damage the character and reputation' of important Malaysian personalities, said the Malaysian High Commissioner to Singapore, Datuk N. Parameswaran. 'I say this because I believe that it is personalities who determine the state of relations between two countries,' wrote Mr Parameswaran in a letter addressed to the Editorial Director of MediaCorp Press, which publishes the free tabloid Today. Taking issue with an article in Today headlined Under Fire - the First Lady-in-waiting, Mr Parameswaran wrote: 'When I arrived in Singapore, Malaysia-Singapore relations were really at a low. But it was the personalities of Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong which made possible the positive changes that had taken place in the bilateral relations between Malaysia-Singapore.' He added that since then, other personalities both in Singapore and Malaysia had 'contributed much to bringing the bilateral relations to the very warm level that we find ourselves in today'. He wrote that he 'was rather perturbed' by the Today article as it carried quotes which he said 'vilified the character' of Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, the wife of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak. Madam Rosmah and her husband's names were mired in controversy when a popular blogger last month claimed that Madam Rosmah was connected to the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu. Mr Parameswaran said that he had never found Madam Rosmah to be 'arrogant' or 'not as humble' as suggested by the article. 'In fact, Datin Seri Rosmah was always warm towards my officers and me and was always caring about our welfare,' he wrote. 'I would be sad if I learn next year that Dato' Seri Najib finds himself not in a position to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue which he has attended five times since its inception, or if I learn that the Najib family has decided to spend their holidays elsewhere.' http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/content/view/9452/84/ the article http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/index2....o_pdf=1&id=9288