KUALA LUMPUR: Top Singapore officials who attended Malaysia's Bersih 3.0 demonstration rally were not there to support the protesters, High Commissioner Ong Keng Yong said on Friday. He argued that deputy Ariel Tan and first secretaries Regina Low and Philomena Aw went in their personal capacities and were not on any official assignment. He said April 28 was a Saturday, and the three members of his mission were free to make use of the weekend to go to the scene. He denied that any had worn a yellow Bersih T-shirt. “Many diplomats from other countries also went to the site of the rally, so why just pick on our three ladies? I am very suspicious of their motives,” Ong told reporters. “We enjoy very close relations with Malaysia now and I feel outraged over these allegations,” he added. Ong was responding to reports in certain blogs which identified the three women, alleging that they went to the rally to be “actively involved." The blogs stated that this was a clear contravention of ethics under the Vienna Convention. One posting also accused Low of wearing a yellow Bersih T-shirt on that day.
