Dirty Politics gets even dirtier in Malaysia with doctored photos

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The doctored photos of VP candidate Sarah Palin, presently circulating the Internet, seem tame compared to the ones emailed in Asian politics. Asiane.com reports that Malaysian politicians are being smeared by photoshopped porn images. Since last year, a total of six politicians have been victimized by email campaigns of fake photos that depict their likenesses in images of sex acts.

AsiaOne writes:

Doctored photographs of two Perak DAP assemblymen allegedly performing sexual acts are being distributed via e-mail.

“Tebing Tinggi assemblyman Ong Boon Piow, speaking at a press conference yesterday after lodging a police report on Wednesday, said: “I was shocked when I opened my e-mail to see a nude photo of myself with a woman…

“In June last year, doctored photographs of Batu Gajah MP Fong Po Kuan, Beruas MP and Sitiawan assemblyman Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham, Taiping MP and Pantai Remis assemblyman Nga Kor Ming and former Menglembu assemblyman Keong Meng Sing were also circulated via e-mail.” » more

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