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Beatrice Leong exposes a man’s act of violence against his woman companion.
The incident occurred while passengers were waiting to board a flight at Kota Kinabalu’s airport
Dear Beatrice Leong, you did the right thing. Ignore those who do not really understand Islam, though they are Muslims.
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Nothing wrong in Beatrice Leong‘s comment.This Jantan is a coward. Hitting a helpless weak woman. This is not Islam
Criticised by Muslims, filmmaker to remove Facebook post on airport assault incident
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 ― Beatrice Leong, the 31-year-old documentary filmmaker who intervened when she saw a man hitting his tudung-clad partner before boarding a flight from Sabah, claimed today that Muslims have been writing in privately to her to defend the man and school her on Islam.
As a result, Leong, whose Facebook post on the Monday incident has since gone viral, said she now plans to remove it.
She told Malay Mail Online that she had never intended to single out Islam, and that she was just outraged that no one had said anything when the assault took place on the aerobridge in the Kota Kinabalu airport, when passengers were boarding a Malindo Air flight from the Sabah capital to Kuala Lumpur.
“Suddenly I have people who are messaging me on my Facebook ― ‘Jangan jaga tepi kain orang’, typical stuff that say I don’t understand the Quran,” Leong said in a brief phone interview, referring to the Malay proverb that means “Mind your own business”.
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The filmmaker said the mostly Malay-Muslims who privately messaged her on Facebook have also accused her of not understanding Asian values.
“We do care about our reputation ― it’s not a bad thing, but in situations like that, Asians need to learn to step up and be vocal. Instead of moving conversations on Facebook, why don’t you do this in real life?” Leong questioned.
Most of the Facebook users who commented on Leong’s post criticised the man who allegedly hit the woman and spoke out against domestic violence.
theSundaily
Woman’s FB posting of man hitting his female partner goes viral
Last updated on 14 May 2015 – 06:11pm
PETALING JAYA: A Facebook posting by a woman who intervened when she saw a man hitting his partner while boarding a flight from Sabah has since drawn mixed reactions from netizens.
Beatrice Leong, 31, who goes by the name Bea Meow wrote on Monday that she was boarding a Malindo Airlines flight from Sabah to Kuala Lumpur when she saw a man repeatedly slapping his partner.
“This man on the right repeatedly slapped the lady a few times over – I heard about three smacks and turned around to see his hand moving towards her head again.
“It was a loud smack that we all could hear and shocked me enough to turn around.
“The lady was crying as they walked to board the plane,” she wrote.
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Her posting had since drawn mixed reactions with some users criticising her for her actions and some praising her for it.
Bobbie Ariff wrote: “According to Islam, if your wife leaves the house without the husband’s permission (which is the worse thing a wife can do) he is allowed to reprimand her by hitting her with a handkerchief. PERIOD! You did the right thing by trying to help the woman. Keep it up! I would have done the same thing”.
Maizura ‘Juya’ Ismail wrote: “I am a muslim. can we stop interpreting other people’s action as attacking Islam all the time? the only person insulting Islam in this case are the guy abusing his wife and the muslims who are backing him up and trying to bully Bea Meow into hiding this. in Islam we are taught to apologise when we make mistake and correct when we see an injustice. The Prophet Muhammad (saw) was the kindest person to his wives. now let’s try to emulate that”.
As of 5pm, her posting had drawn more than 11,500 likes and 5,700 shares.
Her posting was even published in newspapers such as the Daily Mail UK.
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1418731
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ELLE Malaysia
Why did a crowd of people ignore a woman being hit?
We all like to believe that if we saw a man hitting a woman, we would say or do something to stop it. Right? We believe it, but it’s not always the truth
ByKate Guest | Published: May 12 2015
Few us would publicly admit to thinking that gender-based violence is ever okay (although those people definitely exist – just go online to find them), but how many of us would put our money where our mouth is and intervene if we saw a woman being assaulted?
Yesterday afternoon at Kota Kinabalu airport, a number of passengers boarding Malindo Air flight OD1003 to KL saw a man hit a woman, presumably his partner, over the head. Not once or twice, but repeatedly. The woman was crying.
The alleged assault happened on the aerobridge between the terminal and the plane. Out of the crowd of people waiting to board, only one – a 31-year-old woman called Beatrice Leong, who was travelling alone – said anything at all. And when she did, she was treated as if she was the one in the wrong.
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When we contacted Malindo they said the incident was not directly witnessed by their ground staff, who are positioned at either end of the aerobridge but not inside it. Staff are trained not to respond to commotion in the bridge as it’s normally quite noisy (and also it’s under the jurisdiction of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad).
“The complainant did not approach any of our staff to report the matter,” a spokesman said. “Even if [she] did, it is beyond our jurisdiction to take any action, as it did not cause any disturbance to fellow passengers or the boarding process. Even if it was witnessed, depending on the gravity of the incident, it will be reported to security for them to take the necessary action. For example, if the wife screamed for help, there was a scuffle between the pair causing nuisance and physical disturbance to other passengers, or if the incident had halted and affected the boarding process, then there is grounds for action to be taken against the passenger.”
http://www.elle.my/life-and-love/News/Why-did-a-crowd-of-people-ignore-a-woman-being-hit
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Malay Mail Online
Malindo Air says no right to stop abusive man from boarding plane
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 ― Malindo Air said today that it had no right to prevent a passenger from boarding one of its aircraft on Monday after he allegedly hit his female partner, as the airline had no evidence to justify the assumption that the man may repeat his actions inside the jet.
The Malaysian hybrid airline also pointed out that the man’s victim had not reported the alleged assault to any of its crew members during the incident that occurred in an aerobridge at the Kota Kinabalu airport.
“Although Malindo Air has the right to stop a person from flying, it has to be justified with solid evidence,” Malindo Air PR and communications manager Suresh Vanan told Malay Mail Online in an email.
“Depending solely on this incident, we don’t have the right to stop the said passenger from boarding the aircraft,” he added.
Malindo Air added, however, that even if the woman had lodged a complaint, the airline would still not be able to take action as the incident had not disturbed other fellow passengers or disrupted the boarding process.
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“We also do not want to get caught in a situation where the wife disagrees (with) our interference as this also could lead to legal perspective (sic),” Suresh added. –
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Mail Online
Passengers accused of failing to help woman after man ‘repeatedly slapped her on the head’ as they waited to board flight at airport in Malaysia
An airline and its passengers have been accused of failing to take appropriate action after a young woman was allegedly assaulted by a man as they waited to board a flight in Malaysia.
Passenger Beatrice Leong said no one but her bothered to intervene and she was left feeling sad and disappointed after she witnessed the incident before a Malindo Air flight from Kota Kinabalu to Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
In a Facebook post that has gone viral in Malaysia she wrote that the man repeatedly hit the woman on the head, and she was told by others in the jetway queue to be quiet and not to create trouble after she told off the man.
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I will tell you why the Asian mentality is extremely hopeless sometimes.
Boarding on a Malindo Airlines flight from BKI to KUL on OD1003.
This man on the right repeatedly slapped the lady in tudung on her head a few times over – I heard about 3 smacks and turn around to see his hand moving towards her head again. It was a loud smack that we all could hear and shocked me enough to turn around. Lady was crying as they walked to board the plane.
Many others including myself saw it and no one seems to care or was too busy staring at their phones to notice! There’s these two big burly looking men walking right behind the couple and myself and I am positively sure they saw it too.
When I told him off and raised my voice – the two men told me to hush and not to create trouble. They then pat the man in red on the back and told him to just calm down, bincang nanti and looked over to the girl and said Sudah, Sudah. Girl looked at me and told me “no no it’s ok. Sudah biasa takpe masalah sahaja”
They then also turned around and told me that people have troubles and don’t worry about it. They also asked if I really did see it?
And also here we are in an airport about to board the plane – you would think that security and staffs are constantly alert and observant.
No one else said a thing. No one.
How have we as a society – and unfortunately I see this much more in an Asian society, turn a blind eye even when something that is obviously wrong happening right in front of you?
All these bunch of people standing around us – I am so sad and disappointed to be living amongst you. I am so sad that we let a man hit a woman in public and let him get away with it. I am sad that when confronted this woman who was hit, think it’s ok for her partner(which I am assuming he is) to treat her like that in public. I am annoyed that Malindo staff standing right at the door of the plane said nothing and allow this man to board the flight.
For every time that you say nothing, do nothing and not speak up when someone use aggression onto you or another person – you are silently encouraging and applauding this person’s action.
Violence against women is never right. Violence against men is also never right. Violence against anything will never be right.
It is an even bigger problem when you as a victim choose to brush this off and let your aggressor get away with their actions. I am extremely sad because it clearly shows our education and society has failed to create a safe environment for victims to feel safe if they are attacked. I am sad because our education system (if there is any…) has failed to raise strong independent women. We have failed to raise men to have respect.
There is nothing right about this situation at all.
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weehingthong 
Amazingly, when someone’s car broke down by the road side. everyone started to “jaga tepi kain orang”, roll down their window, take note of your car number, busy guessing what happened to your car. And this applies to all regardless of race and religion.