Racist reporting
Peter Wu
29 July 2011
Don’t believe a
word of this report (see attachment) tells you. This is a typical example
of racist and biased reporting by the Kwai Lo media. These two young ladies were not fighting at all. They engaged in a bit of friendly sparring during their down time, to
freshen up their Kung Fu moves.
What do you get
when you spar? A bit of bruises, and superficial injuries. What do you expect?
Words had it that
they belong to the same Kung Fu school as Wendi Deng. Needless
to say, they are feisty and highly protective of their charges and territories.
Rupert is looking
at hiring them as body guards.
Attachment
Real estate
agents in fist fight
By Anne Gibson
Fiona Lee and Wendy Feng. Photos / Supplied
Two female real estate agents came to blows
over the sale of an apartment in a fight that left both with minor injuries -
and a fine.
The catfight erupted in front of onlookers
at an inner-Auckland apartment that both agents - Hulan
(Wendy) Feng of City Sales and Soon (Fiona) Lee of LJ
Hooker Ponsonby - had been trying to sell.
One industry insider said he wasn't
surprised two female agents were involved but another said the behaviour was ridiculous.
A Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal
found both agents guilty of disgraceful conduct and fined them $600 each.
It described what unfolded: "Ms Lee
was at
"A physical confrontation between the
defendants ensued. Each of the defendants alleged she was
assaulted by the other but it is not necessary for the tribunal to make any
findings about that because both defendants through counsel admitted they were
engaged as alleged in a physical fight."
The tribunal said the fight was witnessed
by the apartment tenant and Ms Lee's client.
Ms Feng took a
grievance to the Real Estate Agents Authority. A
complaints assessment committee investigated, before the case went to the more
powerful tribunal.
It discounted a potential $1,000 fine to $600, saying the women were not
guilty of fraud or dishonesty.
"We accept it was a short-lived loss
of control which became more serious as it was in the presence of others,"
the tribunal said.
Yesterday, Ms Feng
said she had been physically hurt, claiming her rival had attacked her face.
"The thing is, I don't want to go over
it again because there's not much point for her and me
and I've forgiven her.
"She's a single mother ... and I
didn't understand that before. This is last year's thing. I want it over," Ms Feng said.
Ms Lee said the other agent should not have
entered the apartment knowing she was there. She said the fight was ugly.
"She was jumping up and down. She swore at me, the F word, she punched me on the chest and on the
right side," Ms Lee said.
She also claimed Ms Feng
asked a large male colleague to hold her arms so she could continue the
assault.
"I could not protect myself. She kept fighting on me. It was really unfair," Ms Lee said,
adding she was left with bruising and scratches.
A spokesman for the Real Estate Agents
Authority said he was not particularly surprised to hear of the agents' fight
last year.
"I think it tends to be the females
more than the males going for each other," he said, adding he had seen a
number of complaints involving physical assaults.
Keith Manch, the
authority's CEO, described the Lee-Feng case as
remarkable.
"This is clearly not acceptable in a
service profession. It is OK if you are a boxer. This is
the first I've seen of it and it seems rather extraordinary. Real estate transactions are emotional
for buyers, sellers and agents but they need to hold themselves together and
there are avenues for dealing with disputes."
Real Estate Institute chief executive Helen
O'Sullivan was surprised to hear of the fight.
"It's just ridiculous behaviour," she said, advising agents against
resorting to violence.
"Just don't. Count to 10, take a deep breath. It is a tough market and one of the things about real estate is that it's competitive, but there's competitive and ridiculous."