MCA Clarifies The Use Of A Photo On Election Posters - Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 (Bernama) -- The MCA wants Tan Lian Hock, who claimed a photograph he took of his family was used by the political party without his consent in the recent general election, to make an open clarification of the whole issue.

Its Publicity Bureau deputy chief, Lee Wei Kiat, said MCA had the right to use the photograph, one of the five submitted by Tan for the MCA's 50th Merdeka Anniversary photography competition held last year, following the agreement made by Tan which among others was that all entries were non-returnable and became the property of the organizers who reserve the rights to reproduce, publish and exhibit the materials for promotional purposes.

Secondly, Tan had also broken the rules of the competition by submitting a photo that he had earlier won in the 2001 public listed company's 110th Anniversary photo competition, said Lee in a press conference here Wednesday.

He said the MCA's photography competition's rules and regulation had stated that winning works in any photo contests should not be submitted for this competition.

"The MCA would like to ask whether Tan has any motive for holding the press conference organised by DAP. As this issue affects the reputation of the MCA, we would like to invite Tan to clarify the whole issue and apologise openly to the public via a press conference," he said.

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