ROYAL TOUCH TO THE OLYMPICS TORCH RELAY – MALAYSIAN LEG

Malaysian leg of the Beijing Olympics Torch run kicked off and ended with royal touches.

Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja’afar, a Malaysian prince of Negeri Sembilan state, one of the 13 states that make up Malaysia, also president of Olympics Council of Malaysia, kicked off the event to roaring cheers of participants and general public.

The torch went through its planned route in a relay through 79 bearers before landed in the hands of HRH Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak state, to light the cauldron.

The torch run was not without incidence, this happened before the ceremony at the starting point in Dataran Merdeka, where a family of three Japanese and a western foreign lady, who were there, trying to disrupt with political issues, were verbally intimidated by a crowd and led off by the authorities. Yes, just 4 of them, some moral consolation? Other than that, we can see joyous crowd and smiling faces.

Having followed the torch run since its tremulous start, especially in cities like London, Paris & San Francisco, naturally I am interested as how the reporting would be in foreign media, particularly CNN.

Now I am truly convinced that the foreign media have ulterior motives, especially CNN, as far as Beijing Olympics is concerned.

Imagine, I can get first hand information in Malaysia and what do I get on replay from CNN, a load of rubbish and half truth.

Monday, the day of the torch run in Malaysia, is a working day, office workers enthusiastically lined the route as the flame passed by and it was fun & joyous moment for all of them. You know what the CNN foreign correspondent showed, part of an empty stadium (STADIUM MERDEKA) that the flame passed through, this is very very naughty, don’t you think! It makes you want to puke at their commentary.

P/S: NOTICE THE SIGN - STADIUM MERDEKA - IN THE LAST PIC.