Transcript of Malaysia’s Information Minister’s interview with Al Jazeera News ( +VIDEO)
NEW **** VIDEO
A colleague in the office forwarded this to me, it is hillarious (I think Malaysiakini didn’t carry this) and at the same time highly disturbing, people actually voted this dude into parliament !! Which constituency la ?? The Constituents mad ? How can someone who can’t speak semi-decently be made Information Minister ?? BLINKING !!
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Transcript of Malaysia’s Information Minister’s interview with Al Jazeera News on the Bersih Protest.
Minister: I commend yo-yo-your journalists trying to project… to exaggerate more than what actually happened. That-that-that-that’s it. We are not the-the and I-I congratulate your journalists behaving like an actor, that-that’s it…
Reporter: As you say that, sir, we’re watching scenes of protesters being sprayed by chemical-filled water!
Minister: YA! I am watching! I’m here! You’ve been trying… trying to do it this - to do this everywhere but in Malaysia people are allowed to, you know? We know our police head our colleague… Police have whatever allowed the procession to go to the Istana Negara, you know? Do police, first police, like, they handle them, they attack them, they… the police don’t, don’t, don’t fire anybody?
Reporter: Our correspondent came back to the office, sir, with chemicals in his eyes!
Minister:You-you-you-you are here with the idea, you are trying to project, what is your mind! You think that we Pakistan, we are Burma, we are Myanmar. Everything you-you are thinking! WE ARE DIFFERENT! We are totally different!
Reporter: Well unfortunately when you refuse to let people protest, it does appear so.
Minister: Ya ya we are not like you! You-you have earlier perception, you come here, you want to project us like undemocratic country. This a democratic country!
Reporter: So why can’t people protest then, if it’s a democratic country?
Minister: YES, PEOPLE PROTEST! People do-do… of course they protest. We are allowing them protest, and they have demonstrated. But we just trying to disperse them, and then later they-they-they don’t wanna disperse, but later our police compromise. They have compromised and allowed them to proceed to Istana Negara! Police, our police have succeeded in handling them gently, right? Why do you report that? You take the opposition, someone from opposition party you ask him to speak. You don’t take from the government, right?
Reporter: Why did you not break up these protests…
Minister: Pardon? Pardon? Pardon?
Reporter: Why did you not break up these protests more peacefully?
Minister: I can’t hear you! I can’t hear you!
Reporter: Why did you not break up these protests more peacefully?
Minister: No we-we are! We… this protest is illegal! We don’t want..this… the… NORMALLY…
Reporter: OK, so let me return to my former question. Why is this protest illegal?
Minister: YA! It’s a illegal protest because we have the erection in Malaysia. It’s no-no point on having a protest! We are allowing to every erection… every five years never fail! We are not our like, like Myanmar, not like other country. And, and you are helping this. You Al-Jazeera also is helping this, this forces. The, you know, these forces who are not in passion, who don’t believe in democracy!
Reporter: Alright, many thanks for joining us.
Minister: I don’t, ya, you, Al-Jazeera, this is, is Al-Jazeera attitude. Right
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November 14, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Make you a shame to be a Malaysian with this goon on international TV ranting in incoherent broken english! Shocking, simply shocking. How on earth can an idiot like that become a minister!
November 15, 2007 at 10:30 am
Well, for one thing, one doesnt have to be fluent in english to be a minister.
We have to be proud of our own national language. But to have that kind of
transcripts be published and distributed all over the world and make our
country be a laughing stock is really a shame. I think it would be better
if he just refused the request for an interview in the first place, or maybe
ask for written questions to be answered in writing too if he was aware of
his limited language command.
November 15, 2007 at 6:32 pm
How can this idiot become information Minister.I hope he can read this and just resign his job. There are many more potential and educated people in Malaysia who can handle situation better and Speak a better English. Shame on you….
November 16, 2007 at 2:39 pm
as usual, this is malaysia, people arn’t allowed to speak freely, not in the newspaper, not in public, and sooner not even on the internet, we are moving backwards, thanks to all these idiotic stupid useless trash junk unrecyclable rubbish that holding the minister job.
welcome to malaysia, where the minister speaks, but the people don’t
November 16, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Idoit…..
November 19, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Whats wrong with this protest.
Why this Malaysia Information Minister have to be emotional and
take too personally on Al-Jazeera.
Should improve your english buddy.
November 22, 2007 at 5:44 pm
hummm this is “malayan Engrish” lah, i no understand, i dont think the interviewer wld hv understood, u no understand, but im sure HE understood that what HES given to the interviewer is a crap, all crap nothing bt a crap
November 23, 2007 at 11:34 am
he is very nervous and lost his capability to rationale the reason why demonstration is illegal in malaysia despite we are a democratic country. first of all it is not common pratise in malaysia as of today. and the government do not want to make it a norm and could have a better channel to exchange the idea or express the objection in a better manner. besides, english is not our mohter tougue. nevertheless, as a information minister of malaysia, he shall carry adequate vocal english ability to cummunicate with worldwide channels.
November 26, 2007 at 12:41 am
I felt that this person who claimed to be the minister failed to represent the govern.ment on his thoughts.everyone is free to speak and express ones unsatisfactory matters specially regarding the BERSIH elections in Malaysia. Give the chance to the oppositions to rule the country. Nowadays there are many happenings that disgrace the dignity of the government such as Altantuyar , Nurin Jazlin and corruption Say farewell to BN
November 26, 2007 at 4:37 pm
was there a typo in the transcript? did he really say “erection”? not once but twice!!
December 5, 2007 at 1:35 am
Yea .How come a idiot like you become a miniter.Please shoot yourself
December 17, 2007 at 1:22 am
Typical isnt it? Some how the goverment controlled media always misses the “chemical mixed ” part….not once but twice HINDRAF and BERSIH…We just shoot these ministers…. ercted minister….HA HA HA…whts happening with this country?
Kampung idiot going on international airing……DUDE that must be a dream come true….
March 15, 2008 at 10:46 pm
This idiot was handpicked by our former PM, after he (Zam) wrote a book on the former PM’s life, he was given an opportunity to become a higher profile politician. I just wonder how he can write books (in different languages - BM, English & Chinese, and now i know, its all been copied or translated not by his own effort) about our dear former PM who had been highly regarded as a great leader in Msia and the world.
Zam’s command of language is utterly worrying even to Malaysian common standard, he really did tainted his country image, the government and parliament, the former PM’s image, his ministry, his political party, BN, his family and himself.
He should be sacked, but thanks to the imcompetency of our government and BN, he can still survive in Malaysian politics, as long as you behave as a GOOD PET to your master.
Anyway, thanks to the more educated and more qualified opposition coalition parties, he had been outsted. Bravo!