MasterChef UK winner slams Australian news portal over misuse of picture in MAS flight


Picture taken from Coombes' Twitter account, @WanPingCoombes

PETALING JAYA: MasterChef UK 2014 winner Catherine Chin Wan Ping Coombes has slammed an Australian news portal over the misuse of a picture of her family and her aboard a Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight. 

The picture, taken with her husband and daughter, was used to depict empty seats on the flight for a news report last Friday, titled “Higher commissions, fewer passengers: the struggle to save Malaysia Airlines deepens”. 

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