Thursday, August 16, 2007

Negaraku rapper

Wee Meng Chee has already apologize for the furore caused by his Negaraku rap videoclip on video-sharing web portal YouTube. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said the Cabinet had decided not to forgive him. Nazri said that the offence was not against the Prime Minister or ministers concerned but against the nation. Now Wee Meng Chee had agreed to remove the videoclip from his blog after he had apologized on Tuesday. But he could be charged under the Sedition Act because he had insulted the symbol of the nation. Nazri said that they cannot follow the West which can have the underwear with the design of the Union Jack. In Britain, the Queen or the flag can be insulted and he don't care, but in Malaysia they have laws and cannot create a precedent where someone commit an offence, apologise and get away with it. Nazri adding that Wee Meng Chee was not a boy but a 24-year-old man and he should be held responsible for the act. omg.. Nazri said the song was supposed to be sung based on how it should be sung, otherwise, it would mean insulting the song, especially when the lyrics were changed. Malaysia Negaraku ku, 'Ku ku' can also mean "cuckoo" and therefore it was insulting. On whether he would be called home to answer charges against him, Nazri said the AG would have to investigate and if he comes to the decision to prosecute him, then when Wee returns, he would have to face the charges. He also said that he wanted action to be taken against video-sharing portal YouTube and other bloggers who have allowed sensitive material to be published that went against the law of our country.

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