Opposition stoking disunity by emphasising CNY errors, says MCA man

Kamles Kumar Kamles Kumar Updated 8 years ago · Published on 17 Feb 2018 5:28PM · 5 Comments

The full-page Chinese New Year advertisement taken out by the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry featuring the wrong lunar new year animal. It apologised for the mistake soon after. – EPA pic, February 17, 2018.

THE opposition is stoking division among the Chinese community here by blowing small issues out of proportion, said MCA’s Ti Lian Ker.

The religious harmony bureau chief said recent errors by the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry and Petronas had been overblown up by the opposition in its bid to create animosity among the Chinese community.

Ti said those responsible for this were DAP’s Lim Kit Siang and Pakatan Harapan’s Saifuddin Abdullah.

“These mistakes were hyped up by DAP and Pakatan to paint a picture of disunity and, in particular, to make the Chinese angry,” Ti said in a statement today.

The ministry had taken out a full-page Chinese New Year advertisement featuring the wrong lunar new year animal. It apologised soon after.

Petronas was slammed after it produced white ang pow packets instead of the traditional red.

Lim took to Twitter to highlight these mistakes and said this was why Malaysia should change its government in the next general election.

“Under BN, rooster can bark. Next year, it can grunt and oink. This is why Msia must Ubah in 14GE!” he tweeted.

 

 

Ti, who is also an MCA central committee member, also blamed DAP for playing up racial sentiments during the festive period, despite the involved parties having already apologised.

“DAP, instead of forgiving and forgetting in the spirit of Chinese New Year, has exploited and manipulated the error to the hilt. This has been part of their toxic politics of Ubah,” he said.

Social media users took to Twitter to lambast the mistakes as being insensitive and tone deaf towards the Chinese community.

“60 years on and even ministries don’t understand culture of other races in Malaysia. Shame on KPDNKK-Laman Rasmi,” Maran Matters (@maaranmatters) tweeted.

Samuel Khoo (@KoolSammm) poked fun at the mistakes, tweeting: “White ‘angpow’ from @Petronas, a barking chicken from @KPDNKK and now Vanakkam from @TourismMalaysia. SERIOUSLY? What’s next? Santa Claus giving angpow?” 

Another user, Vernon Adrian Emuang (@VernonAE) warned the issue could be more dire than it seemed.

“Inter-cultural incompetence in a globalised world economy will be our downfall.”– February 17, 2018.

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  • Mca is feeling the heat

    Posted 8 years ago by Leslie Chan · Reply

  • This shows MCA do not have a spine...a mistake IS a mistake no matter who highlights them. The Ministry who publish the mistake, must be punish....they get away with mistakes. So, who to blame?

    Posted 8 years ago by Crishan Veera · Reply

  • I say this is done on purpose. All materials before printed must be check by the man in charge. Likewise the White angpow by pertronas. Yes, they are trying to shame the Chinese. Let the Chinese votes be the ultimate weapon to let those in power see we are the kingmaker

    Posted 8 years ago by Peter Teng · Reply

  • Ti Lian Ker must be an idiot for not knowing that this is a year of the dog and ang pow must be red. Everybody knows that. Wonder whether he carries white ang pow in his pocket ? anyway, happy new year to him. hehehe.

    Posted 8 years ago by Astann astann · Reply

  • This stupid Chinaman of MCA is a disgrace to the Chinese race. The last few days the Umno ministers are begging the Chinese to support MCA so as to have a represenation in the government. This is exactly why the Chinese are so disgusted and hatred for MCA as guy like this idiot becomes an apologist for Umno actions in their ketuanan policy by pushing hard on the hegemony of religious might and not caring the sensitivity of the others in Malaysia. MCA is rightully a lap dog and no wonder this yearnit is called Malysian Cannine Association. Totally lack the man hood to disputes a wrong is a wrong but twist around to blame the opposition in exploiting the situation. At least DAP is ballsy to speak up but where is MCA ????????????. You better be buried and erased out of Malaysian political history.

    Posted 8 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply