{"id":6870,"date":"2023-10-04T06:17:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T06:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/?p=6870"},"modified":"2023-10-04T06:17:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T06:17:57","slug":"singapore-officers-apologise-for-comedians-mh370-joke-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/?p=6870","title":{"rendered":"Singapore officers apologise for comedian\u2019s MH370 joke in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/newsflashdaily.xyz\">Factors<\/a>  and High Commissioner to Malaysia Vanu Gopala Menon have issued apologies following a controversial joke made by Singapore-born comic Jocelyn Chia about the disappearance of MH370. The incident occurred during Chia\u2019s performance on the Comedy Cellar in New York, the place she joked about the rivalry between Singapore and Malaysia, utilizing the tragedy of MH370 as a punchline.<br\/>Balakrishnan expressed his disapproval on Twitter, stating that he was \u201cappalled\u201d by Chia\u2019s \u201chorrendous statements\u201d and extending his apologies to Malaysians for the offence triggered. Similarly, High Commissioner Menon denounced Chia\u2019s \u201cgratuitously offensive comments\u201d and clarified that the Singapore authorities doesn&#8217;t condone such actions. He also emphasised that Chia, who&#8217;s now not a Singaporean citizen, doesn&#8217;t symbolize the views of the nation.<br\/>The joke sparked outrage amongst Malaysians, particularly those who had misplaced members of the family on the ill-fated flight. MH370 disappeared in 2014 en route to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board. Despite intensive search efforts, the plane\u2019s wreckage has by no means been discovered, with only some pieces of debris discovered on Indian Ocean islands and jap African seashores.<br\/>Intan Maizura Othaman, the spouse of a crew member who was on MH370, accused Chia of creating a \u201cdistasteful cheap shot\u201d for the sake of gaining popularity. Malaysian Foreign Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir also condemned the comedian\u2019s lack of sensitivity and empathy in the course of the victims\u2019 households.<br\/>Fellow Malaysian comedian Harith Iskander weighed in on the problem, acknowledging the significance of freedom of expression in comedy but emphasising the need for sensitivity and empathy when dealing with private or tragic topics. He stated that Chia\u2019s joke had crossed the line and caused unnecessary distress to those affected by the MH370 tragedy..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Factors and High Commissioner to Malaysia Vanu Gopala Menon have issued apologies following a controversial joke made by Singapore-born comic Jocelyn Chia about the disappearance of MH370. The incident occurred during Chia\u2019s performance on the Comedy Cellar in New York, the place she joked about the rivalry between Singapore and Malaysia, utilizing the tragedy of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6871,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6870\/revisions\/6871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}