Thread by @uglyluhan

I don't know why it was done in this case but there is a reason Chinese names are listed down like that. It might be hard to understand if you're unfamiliar with the language and writing system

https://twitter.com/HaziqShaf/status/1371068717182816261

First of all, you might notice that when a Chinese person introduced themselves to another Chinese, they sometimes explain or show how it's written. Why? Because the meaning and tones of the name might not be clear without knowing the characters used to write it

This is important for Chinese-language media to write the names correctly, because you won't necessarily know just from hearing the name. Even more so because Malaysian Chinese names are in different dialects

For example, even a Chinese-speaker hearing the name Nga Kor Ming won't necessarily know how to write it in Chinese. Conversely, a person who knows how to write 倪可敏 (Ni Kemin) won't necessarily know it's pronounced Nga Kor Ming

It gets even more complicated when you have to write non-Chinese names in Chinese characters because those will be approximated according to their sound. For example, Abdul Aziz becomes 阿都阿兹 (Adu Azi)

This is also why foreigners working or studying in China will take a Chinese name, because writing foreign names in the Chinese script can be cumbersome

This issue doesn't arise when two languages share the same script, like English and Malay. So there's no need to write the names in every single script just for its own sake. I really doubt it was done because DAP can't read English or to spread Chinese culture or whatever