[Msia] How would this be reported

I think I've beat the news cycle by a few hours - now just wondering how this incident would be spun later tonight during primetime news.

Around lunchtime, MCA building had a small crowd in the front. NTV7's camera crew was there and another station I think - it was to record some mini demo / declaration of some sort by somebody (presumably MCA or MCA sanctioned since it was done right at the front porch). Some fella in a suit was making a statement, whilst 2 other lackies were holding up badly made placards protesting something about how the Chinese community was part of Msia too.

Now, the message isn't the issue - but it was really done in such a makeshift and hasty manner, and so badly done. A few coffee tables were joined together, and someone took a marker pen and wrote something on 2 manila cardboards, and held it around; and some guy gave some statements - that was it.

I just felt it was just to exploit the news cycle either to add pressure to the BN's UMNO to sort of the issue of treating other minorities better, OR in the total exact opposite to create maximize an issue's coverage and thereby taking away some newstime away from Anwar's swearing in today.

But I wonder maybe it was done for both objectives? Having cake and eating it too - you have to love politicos for the slimeballs they are :)

Update 28Aug08,2030hrs:

- The guy in the suit was Wee Kia Siong from the Youth Wing

- It was apparently a 2 hour plus event, some other politicians were there to shout, wave, show face

- Judging by what TV2 Mandarin News showed, it was 3 manila cards not 2; and there was also an indoor politico-reporters conference

- BUT it still doesn't change my original line of thought - plus I think the MCA event was only shown on the Mandarin news - I switched around but the other channels did not seem to have shown it. So in addition to my original thoughts - it was perhaps specifically shown only on the Mandarin News to placate the cinapeks.