Elizabeth Wong Wakil PKR:Skandal Foto Pula!

Calon-calon PKR nampaknya bermasalah.Dimulakan dengan Osman Jailu(Changkat Jering) dan Jamaluddin Radzi (Behrang) yang ditahan kerana rasuah seks.

Kemudian,diikuti dengan V Arumugam yang menghadapi masalah perkahwinan.Menurut banyak cerita, Arumugam tersangkut kerana berkahwin dua yang melanggar undang-undang perkahwinan bukan Islam.Kes ini dimainkan penduduk seTaman dengannya yang mengatakan V Arumugam bersekedudukan.

Kali ini,Elizabeth Wong pula yang sangkut.Foto-foto bogelnya disebarkan umum.Katanya oleh bekas teman lelakinya dan gambar itu diambil sewaktu dia sedang tidur.

Walaupun,Elizabeth bukan seorang Muslim yang tentunya undang-undang zina ataupun khalwat tidak terpakai, tetapi PKR sepatutnya menyelidiki peribadi Elizabeth.Tidak salah mempunyai teman lelaki,tetapi mempunyai teman lelaki sehingga boleh mengambil gambar sewaktu tidur boleh menimbulkan suatu tanda-tanya.

Walaupun dari pandangan peribadi Elizabeth tidak salah mempunyai teman lelaki sehingga boleh masuk ke lewat malam sehingga boleh mengakibatkan peristiwa itu berlaku, tetapi ia salah sekurang-kurangnya kepada majoriti umat Islam yang dipimpinnya di Bukit Lanjan.

Tiada bukti yang Elizabeth,ADUN Bukit Lanjan, turut dilenjan bekas teman lelakinya sebelum peristiwa ini berlaku,tetapi perkara ini menimbulkan seribu satu persoalan kepada PAS.

Bolehkah PAS mengharapkan Hudud terlaksana dengan PKR yang wakil-wakilnya mempunyai seribu satu skandal dari pemimpin Agungnya Brother Anwar Bin Ibrahim sehinggalah machai-machainya di bawah?

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Perlukah Elizabeth Wong Letak Jawatan?

Katakanlah tiba-tiba,tengah Tuan Guru PAS,Datuk Seri Haji Hadi buang air kecil di PUTIK,ada tangan-tangan jahat yang memetik kamera dan mengambil gambar Tuan Guru PAS itu.

Lalu,disebarkan gambar Tuan Guru dengan anunya terjulur kepada khalayak ramai.

Jikalau dalam keadaan tersebut,penulislah yang pertama akan membela Tuan Guru,kerana ia dilakukan dalam keadaan teraniaya malah bukan setakat berdiri tetapi tertungging terbalik pun penulis akan sokong Haji Hadi.Malahan,jikalau ada “gambar” Haji Hadi dengan salah seorang isterinya dalam “posisi intim” pun penulis akan sokong Haji Hadi kerana ia adalah hak dan soal kekudusan hidup Tuan Guru.

Itu Haji Hadi.Sama juga kalau berlaku pada Khir Toyo,Khairy Jamaluddin,Mukhriz Mahathir,Najib Razak,Pak Lah hatta Karpal Singh.Kita tidak mempersoalkan soal teraniaya.Kita menyokong orang teraniaya.

Kita menyokong sebarang usaha Elizabeth untuk menghalang maruahnya dipertontonkan,tetapi sebagai pemimpin,dia perlu menjawab persoalan moral bagaimanakan mulanya gambar maruahnya itu diambil!

Penyebaran foto bogel Elizabeth wajar dihentikan kerana ia hak peribadinya.Orang yang mengambilnya wajar dikenakan hukuman berat.Bukan sahaja Elizabeth Wong,jikalau Rizal Pramugara Terlampau pun jika gambarnya dalam keadaan bogel dan berposisi intim diambil tanpa kebenarannya pun kita akan sokong Rizal.

Tetapi,Elizabeth Wong adalah pemimpin.Oleh itu,kita tidak seharusnya melihat keputusan akhir tetapi juga kepada proses.Bagaimana gambar itu awalnya boleh ditangkap?

Sebagai pemimpin,Elizabeth mempunyai tanggungjawab sosial untuk menunjukkan tingkah laku yang mulia.Tidak perlu bercakap dari sudut Islam,jikalau bercakap dari pandangan Konfusius sendiri,pun beliau amat rigid dari segi persoalan moral.

Oleh itu, masyarakat ingin bertanya,apakah pandangan Elizabeth Wong tentang seks bebas ataupun seks sebelum nikah?Bolehkah Elizabeth menafikan mempunyai hubungan intim dengan teman lelakinya sehingga menyebabkan gambar itu boleh diambil?

Jika Elizabeth orang biasa,kita menganggap itu adalah kehidupan peribadinya.Tetapi,jikalau sudah menjadi Adun Bukit Lanjan,Elizabeth mempunyai tanggungjawab sosial untuk menjaga tingkah lakunya.

Sebagai pemimpin dan “hamba masyarakat”,kerja yang baik sahaja tidak mencukupi!

Jika Elizabeth gagal menjawab tentang soal hubungan intim di luar nikah,maka eloklah Elizabeth menyahut cabaran Khir Toyo tersebut!

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Elizabeth Wong Tidak Akan Lepaskan Jawatan?

Menurut Malaysiakini,Elizabeth Wong akan melepaskan jawatannya sebagai ADUN Bukit Lanjan dan juga Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor.

Namun, menurut MStaronline,Naib Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Azmin Ali menegaskan, kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri Bukit Lanjan masih belum kosong kerana wakil rakyatnya, Elizabeth Wong masih belum meletakkan jawatan.

Adakah Eli akan benar-benar meletakkan jawatan walaupun semakin banyak kisah dalamannya dibongkar di blog-blog?

Perkara ini sebenarnya telah diulas oleh sebuah blog ditulis oleh N K Khoo.Encik Khoo mempertikaikan komen-komennya yang memuji perletakan jawatan tersebut telah dipadamkan.Blogger tersebut bukanlah blogger pro-Kerajaan (malahan kebanyakan isinya bersifat anti UMNO dan BN) tetapi telah memberikan pandangan yang berbeza terhadap kes Eli Wong berbanding dengan pandangan rasmi PKR.

Ramai yang kritis tertanya-tanya dengan tindakan Eli yang menghilangkan diri ke luar negara dan ingin meletakkan jawatan.Walaupun sokongan diterima dari pelbagai lapisan pengundi termasuklah dari Muslimat PAS,tetapi persoalan tentang moral dan perilakunya terus mendapat ulasan blogger-blogger dan komentar di dalamnya khususnya di AIDC,Malaysian Insider,dan Youtube.

Bagi mereka yang mengikuti perkembangan kes ini, soal BN terlibat dengan pengedaran gambar tersebut tidak wujud.Encik Khoo sendiri berpandangan bahawa sengketa dalaman PKR yang menimbulkan skandal ini dan bukannya angkara Barisan Nasional.Dan dikatakan bahawa pihak yang tidak bertanggungjawab akan terus menyebarkan gambar dan klip video ini sebagai usaha untuk mencemarkan peribadinya tersebut.

Kerana politik,prinsip dikorbankan.Ketua Muslimat PAS Pusat,boleh berpelukan dengan Eli walaupun dikatakan mempunyai hubungan sulit dengan seorang pemuda Muslim.Jika begini,apakah Hudud hanya menjadi semboyan untuk merebut kuasa dari UMNO bukannya lilLahi Taala?

Ketua Penerangan PKR,adalah yang terkehadapan dalam membela Eli Wong.Tian Chua dikatakan akan menghenyak kepala sesiapa yang bertanya soalan tentang Elizabeth Wong (If you ask me again, I smash your head” ) apabila Agendadaily bertanyakan perkara itu kepadanya.Tian Chua juga bukan sahaja bertindak terhadap laman berita tetapi juga terhadap blog dan memantau posting-posting berkenaan kes Eli Wong.Blog En. Khoo juga tidak terkecuali.

Oleh itu, adakah “usaha” Eli Wong untuk meletakkan jawatan ini benar?Adakah pimpinan PKR lebih pentingkan kuasa dari integriti?

Kita tunggu jawapannya!

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BN, opposition hit by fallout from Wong scandal

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — The storm over the semi-naked photographs of an opposition assemblywoman may have started as a private matter, but it has now become a complicated political mess for both sides.

Bullets have been fired at the Barisan Nasional for using it as a political weapon. But the opposition Pakatan Rakyat is also grappling with the difficulties of defending its assemblywoman without alienating the conservatives in its midst.

The BN took the first hit after the photographs of Elizabeth Wong began circulating. Some even called it a BN conspiracy, despite the lack of evidence.

“This is a nasty, humiliating personal attack on her and we have seen this pattern of attack in Perak, Kedah and now, in Selangor,” opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was quoted as saying in The Star daily yesterday.

Asked for proof that the BN was responsible, he reportedly said several blogs had made the link.

Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday denied that the BN was behind the scandal, and told the opposition to stop making baseless accusations.

“Where is the proof? Who did it? I don't know anything about it and suddenly the issue exploded in the papers. If they want to accuse us, please show proof,” he said.

There seems to be widespread belief in a conspiracy. This is not surprising as the BN is carrying the heavy burden of a loss of public confidence.

The timing of the photographs comes close to the toppling of the opposition government in Perak, and the resignation of an opposition assemblyman in Kedah. V. Arumugam resigned abruptly after being accused of marrying another woman without divorcing his first wife.

“He was targeted, and it turned into a morality issue,” said political analyst Khoo Kay Peng.

In fact, many BN leaders, including MCA women's chief Datuk Chew Mei Fun and Gerakan women's chief Tan Lian Hoe, have been sympathetic to Wong.

They were swift to support her when the photographs of her asleep, partially naked, surfaced.

Wong, 37, who tendered her resignation on Tuesday, did not say who took the photographs, but police are looking to question her former boyfriend Hilmi Malek, 32.

But what caught attention was Umno Youth chief aspirant Datuk Seri Dr Khir Toyo's call for Wong's resignation. “She is a single person. How can she allow a man into her room when they are not married?” he was quoted as saying.

There is vast sympathy for Wong from the public, and Dr Khir was slammed by many for his remarks.

But the opposition is also aware that there is a segment of Malaysian society who thinks like him, and views premarital sex as a sin.

“Wong the politician understands that there are people who do mind, and some could be in her constituency, hence her offer to resign,” columnist Zainul Arifin wrote in the New Straits Times.

Wong had said she wanted to resign because she believed the attacks by the BN would continue with greater intensity.

But even within her coalition, there appears to be difficulties.

The conservative Pas has not spoken with one voice. While its women's chief Nuridah Salleh supported Wong, its Selangor leadership has been ambivalent.

“If investigations reveal any moral transgression on the part of Wong, we feel that appropriate action must be taken against her to safeguard the integrity and good name of Pakatan Rakyat and the Selangor government,” it said in a statement on Tuesday.

The issue is complicated by the fact that Wong's former boyfriend is Muslim, and is subject to Islamic laws on morality, such as those on close proximity.

“The matter could take on a new dimension,” said an MCA politician.

As Khoo noted, the political twist in this private matter has merely reinforced the belief that sex scandals are the most potent tool to destroy political rivals in Malaysia. — The Straits Times

Elizabeth Wong and partisan politics

FEB 18 — Elizabeth Wong has been asked to go on leave and PKR will only make a decision whether to accept her resignation when she returns.

The fact that she has not done anything wrong and yet offered to resign her positions in order not to bring problems to her own party is most honourable.

The support shown to her has been tremendous, as can be seen from the 400-odd comments (and still counting) in her blog supporting her and urging her not to resign.

I regret that certain politicians from BN have prejudged her based on the photographs alone (fortunately, there are others who have stood up for her) and have compared this to CSL video, which is totally unfair. That video shows someone “caught” in the act of cheating his wife and family whereas the Eli Wong pictures do not show any wrongdoing.

Just because she is from another party does not mean that she should be attacked and put down.

In life, and in politics, there must be certain sense of decency and conscience.

Sometimes we must not be too caught up in partisanship. You can be a member of a certain political party, but please note that not everything from another party is wrong and must be criticised. Not everything from your own party is right and beyond criticism.

Political parties are just tools to achieve certain aims. Just because we are members of Party A do not mean that we must go all out to put down members of Party B. If certain policies of Party B are good for the people, support those policies. If certain policies of Party A are not good, criticise them as hard as you can.

If our children are in the wrong, we must let them know that what they did was wrong; only then can they grow up to be good people.

Why must politics be dragged to such low levels?

As in boxing,one must not hit below the belt. In life, there are certain acts that are taboo, such as adultery, murder and rape, character assassination, etc. In politics, we are supposed to support what is right and good, and reject what is bad and wrong; it does not matter whether these come from your own party or from the other side.

The great Deng Xiao Peng was a communist, but when he realised that not everything about capitalism is bad, he started to adopt certain free market policies and the result is rapid boom in the economy of China, and a rise in the standard of living of millions of people.

Ultimately, it all comes down to the people. Politics must be about people’s interest, and not self or even party interest.

In this case, if we do some soul searching (and based on the photographs alone), has Eli Wong done anything wrong? Most people will say no. I believe that anyone can do a random survey in his community and the answer will still be no.

So if she has done nothing wrong, then the logical thing for all of us, who claim to have a conscience, is to rise and stand behind her or any other person caught in a similar situation.

I appeal to leaders who are on the opposing side of Eli Wong: before you condemn her, search your own conscience first.

The writer is a central committee member of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia.