Seeing it is a relatively slow news day, here’s something a good friend e-mailed to me. Somewhat amusing I guess :)
Joceline Tan wrote in The Sunday Star (17/1/2010) that “The morning after the attacks, [Najib] arrived at the burnt-out Metro Tabernacle Church in the Kuala Lumpur suburbs.” It was accompanied by a big photo of Najib, with a caption that said the same thing.
Treading a critical path: Najib is determined that this issue will not derail his national agenda of pluralism and diversity. The Prime Minister visited the burnt-out Metro Tabernacle church the morning after the attack. On his left is the Rev Ong Sek Leang, senior pastor of the church.
Considering the attack happened on midnight Friday, Joceline makes it sound as if Najib visited the church on Friday morning itself. But he didn’t. Anyone who paid any attention would have remembered that Najib was one of the last few politicians to visit the church, on Saturday evening at 5pm, which is closer to two days after the attack than “the morning after.”
It was The Star’s own report that said Najib arrived at 5pm on Saturday: ‘“It is a sign of the Government’s sincerity in offering our support,” Najib told reporters after visiting the church in Desa Melawati yesterday at 5pm.’
In any case, 5pm can hardly be confused as morning, can it?
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