More distance themselves from Bellagraph Nova Group following Obama photo controversy

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SINGAPORE - More individuals and organisations have distanced themselves from the Bellagraph Nova (BN) Group, which has come under fire for questionable marketing material including doctored images of former US president Barack Obama.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - More individuals and organisations have distanced themselves from the Bellagraph Nova Group, which has come under fire for questionable marketing material including doctored images of former US president Barack Obama.

He added:"Novena Global Lifecare was planning on going a different direction with BN Group, plus I was just about to start filming The Day I Ran China for Discovery Channel from July in China, so it seemed like the right time." But when queries were sent to her last weekend about the group's publicity material, she replied:"I have not been with the company since mid July, please remove me from this email chain."

Other discrepancies and claims have since surfaced in their press material, some of which have been retracted. The Business Times reported on Thursday that the controversy has led"some anxious local and regional investors to step up efforts to pull out millions of dollars invested in entities under the Novena Global Healthcare Group".

One of Novena Global Lifecare's advertisements for face masks, posted by Mr Wu on Facebook on April 14, noted that"$1 for every box sold donated to the Loh Brothers Foundation Covid Charity Fund".

 

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