How Prof Kangkung Cherry Picks 11 Lines Out Of 111 Pages From Hannah S Book To Derive Conclusion

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AS liberal-minded Muslims continue to wonder how fragile one’s faith is to be so easily shaken by the spiritual-centric Becoming Hannah: A Personal Journey, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) lecturer Dr Kamarul Zaman Yusoff has admitted that he has “consciously” cherry-picked in his commentary of the autobiography.
This came about as the controversial political analyst who has been dubbed “Prof Kangkung” by his detractors told the Kuala Lumpur High Court yesterday (Jan 17) that his views on Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh’s writing were only based on 11 uncomplete lines from the book’s entire 111 pages.
Telling this to lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo in his defence at the trial of a defamation suit filed by the DAP lawmaker, Kamarul had also tended to be fiddling around and quoting pages outside of his defence scope during questioning by the former.
“When challenged by the lawyer that important contents of the book that gave an overall picture were excluded in his article, Dr Kamarul agreed,” reported DAP on its latest Facebook post.

“For example, when asked about the ‘foreword’ or summary of the book, Dr Kamarul did not answer the question directly.
“Instead, he mentioned the names of other political figures who allegedly disagreed with the book even though the names of the figures were not included in the 11 lines of defence filed in Court.
“He also frequently quoted excerpts from other pages outside the original defence to strengthen his stance on the book.”

In fact, Sangeet had to remind Kamarul several times during cross-examination to return to his original defence instead of beating around the bush.
As in the case of many police reports having been lodged against Yeoh by people who have not read the book or merely by hearsay, Kamarul’s understanding of the book is questionable as he seemed to have difficulty explaining what he understood.

For this reason, Sangeet impressed upon the court that it would be difficult for the proceedings to run smoothly if the witness himself had not read the book.
Another pertinent point is that Kamarul himself agreed in court on Tuesday (Jan 14) that the book has never been banned by any ruling government since it was published in 2014.
The case proceedings will continue on Feb 3. – Focus Malaysia

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