Why wasn’t Ray Chung hounded like Tory Whanau?

The Ray Chung resignation from a Wellington City Council subcommittee raises serious questions about political accountability, media scrutiny and double standards — especially when compared with the relentless public hounding former mayor Tory Whanau faced over salacious rumours that were never substantiated.

Ray Chung resigns from Wellington council subcommittee chair role

Wellington City councillor Ray Chung has resigned as chair of a council subcommittee.

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Mayor Andrew Little’s office said this evening Chung had stepped down from the Council Controlled Organisations Review and Appointments Subcommittee.

“I have decided to stand down from this subcommittee to focus my attention on constituents within my ward,” Chung, who represents the Wharangi Onslow-Western Ward, said.

Little said he had accepted Chung’s resignation and expected to appoint a replacement chair shortly.

The resignation comes three weeks after Little said he was considering what steps, if any, to take after being contacted by a senior police officer about Chung’s conduct during Wellington’s severe weather state of emergency last month.

Little previously said he was contacted by Wellington City area commander Inspector Dean Silvester.

The Herald understands the resignation relates to Chung’s actions around the search for missing Karori man Philip Sutton. Sutton’s body was later found at the mouth of Karori Stream.

Neither Little nor police have publicly detailed the conduct referred to.

“If I get notified by a senior police officer of the conduct of a councillor, I’ve got to take that seriously.

“I am and I’m in the process of considering what steps, if any, are taken,” the mayor said three weeks ago.

The Post previously reported Chung said he went to the scene after volunteers turned up to help search, spoke to the officer in charge and asked the volunteers to stand down. Chung also confirmed he was wearing a council-branded hi-vis jacket.

According to The Post, Little said he did not believe Chung’s version of events, but would not detail the account he had received from police because the response may need to be “formalised”.

The Herald understands Chung’s interactions with the officer in charge and his attendance at the search location formed part of the concerns raised with the mayor.

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Let me see if I can get this complete straight.

The mainstream media in this country, alongside the Right Wing Hate Trolls hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded Tory over fake and malicious claims that she performed a sex act on tape at a bar.

Why wasn’t Ray Chung subjected to the same media frenzy?

Yet this right-wing scumbag Ray Chung turns up at an emergency event and attempts to call it off and he quietly resigns after the police complain and yet no where near the level of hounding Tory faced.

We need to find out what the bloody hell Chung was doing inserting himself into a rescue situation and pretending to be in charge.

Isn’t Ray doing something a far bigger issue than a mythical sex tape that never existed?

The culture war media ecosystem picks its targets carefully

The double standards in this country are just unbelievable.

Kiwis really do need to take a long hard look at themselves in the mirror, we are becoming cretins.