He was calm, rational, and insightful. We can hardly applaud the practice of yellowface
1 with which the character has become associated, but we can at least separate him from the grotesque Asian villains generated by the Yellow Peril. He was a pop-culture hero to North American audiences in an era when the western mass media vilified people of Asian descent and the laws excluded them from public life. And, despite his broken English and love of fortune cookieaphorisms, the character did not speak pidgin, as has often been stated by those critiquing the character.
He is Charlie Chan, and he has been celebrated and reviled since 1925.
Tuesday, 26 Jan 2021 02:48 PM MYT
BY BEN TAN
The suspects are brought to the Johor Baru Magistrate’s Court January 26, 2021. Picture by Ben Tan
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JOHOR BARU, Jan 26 An alleged drug syndicate head, his girlfriend and three other men were charged at the Magistrate’s Court here today for drug-trafficking activities that saw the seizure of more than RM340 million in narcotics by the Johor police earlier this month.
The accused, Goh Chee Kuang, 44, Lee Chia Hui, 33, Lye Chang Pung, 39, Lye Chang Lim, 35, and Bally Paw Shaw Kiat, 38, face 18 charges together.
JOHOR BARU: Five individuals - including a pair of siblings - have been charged at the Magistrate s Court here with trafficking drugs amounting to more than RM340mil.
The accused, Goh Chee Kuang, 44, Lee Chia Hui, 33, Lye Chang Pung, 39, Lye Chang Lim, 35 and Bally Paw Shaw Kiat, 38, face 18 charges between them.
They were charged with trafficking various drugs including ketamine and methamphetamine between 102grams and 210kg.
All accused allegedly committed the offences at various locations including Taman Mount Austin, Taman Baiduri and Taman Setia Indah between Jan 9 and Jan 15.
The charges against them were read out in Mandarin in front of Magistrate Nurmardiana Mamat here on Tuesday (Jan 26).