Celebrities from China voice out on MH370
27 Mar – Celebrities in China have taken to their social media accounts to lash out against the Malaysian government's alleged mishandling of information on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared on March 8.
After Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's announcement on March 24 that the flight had 'ended' at the Indian Ocean, several criticisms have come forth over the handling of the disappearance.
Some had even commented that the announcement that everyone on-board had assumably perished, should not have been made until concrete evidence had been discovered.
This then led to many celebrities in China to voice out their opinions on the matter, with some even suggesting to boycott Malaysia.
"Memoirs of a Geisha" actress Zhang Ziyi posted the following message on her Weibo page:
"Malaysian government, you are wrong not to take responsibility for the international community. You are wrong not to revere life. You are wrong not to respect the universal quest for truth. You have misjudged how a government should handle international politics. You have misjudged the kind of respect a government should have for the people. You have misjudged the Chinese people's persistence in finding out the truth."
Her musician boyfriend had also forwarded Zhang's post in support of her statement.
"Summer's Desire" actor Huang Xiaoming took to his Weibo to call out for the truth saying, "I really can't take it anymore. The Malaysian government should give everyone an explanation. Give everyone the truth. We want the truth!"
According to Asia One, actor Deric Wan also called for more information to be released.
"What Chinese people wanted was the truth of the missing plane instead of a pointless press conference."
Instead of just criticising the Malaysian government, film star Chen Kun had also called out for a boycott for everything Malaysian via his Weibo post.
"I will start a boycott on any commercials and travels related to Malaysia. This will be so until the Malaysian government takes down their 'clown-like' mask and tell the truth," he said.
With more that 70 million followers, Chen's post has been reposted almost a hundred thousand times by Netizens.
Taiwanese media had also reported that Malaysian Chinese stars such as Ah Niu, Datuk Michelle Yeoh, Fish Leong, Lee Sin Je and Gary Chaw are being singled-out so that they would be banned from working in China.
