I wept when I heard the news of that the plane may have crashed in the Indian Ocean. Wept more when I saw the families on TV, crying, shouting, protesting etc.
As a human being, regardless of one's nationality, race, religion, political beliefs etc., we emphatise deeply with the families and friends who may have lost their loved ones.
What I do not understand is how the Chinese esp. netizens reacted towards anyone from Malaysia following the crash announcement - how can they call for a boycott of anything Malaysian, curse an unborn child to a Malaysian mother, lash out against ordinary Malaysians who have nothing to do with the government, the airline, police or Search & Rescue operations? Just because we are from Malaysia?
I remember when SARS broke out in 2003 , the whole world was affected. Mainland China lost 349 lives, Hong Kong 295, Canada 43, Singapore 33...and Malaysia reported 2 SARS-related deaths
The first reported case of SARS originated in Guangdong in November 2002. Despite taking some action to control it, Chinese government officials did not inform the World Health Organization of the outbreak until February 2003 (Source: wikipedia). This lack of openness caused delays in efforts to control the epidemic.
Did the world blame any Chinese citizens for these deaths?
