Shin needs to come out of hiding

Dear Editor:

I am writing to you about Jane Shin with the B.C. NDP for Burnaby-Lougheed.

For all Burnaby-Lougheed residents, B.C. citizens and taxpayers, it is only fair to get to the truth about Jane Shin. Why is she in hiding so long? Is this appropriate behaviour to the people she is to serve? It is totally absurd and disrespectful.

The Korean community is also having a tough time with this whole affair. It'd be great to have an MLA of Korean descent, but Jane Shin is too controversial and has begun to create a lot of disappointment. I also think Jane Shin's disappearance during the election campaign was disrespectful to the other candidates in the race. And how could a riding not have had an all-candidates' debate?

I think Adrian Dix and the B.C. NDP also will have to be accountable for all this confusion and disorder.

We, as voters, citizens and taxpayers deserve to have an honest, reliable, sincere and responsible MLA. I hope reporters will help us get the answers we need.

I also hope some appropriate action will be taken against a questionable individual like Jane Shin. We cannot accept any lame excuse like "misunderstanding by Korean media" or "mistranslation" because these are simply not true, as (Jennifer Moreau's) blog on Jane Shin's CV serves as one example.

Our society cannot condone such dubious and dishonest conduct. Many Korean-Canadians are very ashamed.

I already have less respect for the NDP; and trust, based on this incident, alone is out of the question for them.

It's like Dix and the NDP are telling us, actually forcing the citizens, to accept and tolerate a dubious and dishonest individual. And all this to win a riding - at a bigger cost in the long run.

This is immoral. And I'm not happy with the way Dix and the NDP have been handling this candidate and this latest controversy, beginning with her "Chinkasauruses" comment.

B. Jung, Vancouver