Umno Youth to hold protest against 'Ah Pek' store owner over flag gaffe
Published: Aug 10, 2025 9:42 AM
Updated: 2:13 PM
In yet another episode involving a flag gaffe, Umno Youth now plans to hold a protest against the owner of a hardware store in Penang who had displayed the Jalur Gemilang upside down.
According to an invitation sent out by the party wing media secretariat, the “Himpunan Maruah Tanah Airku” rally would be held at the store in Kepala Batas at noon tomorrow.
This comes after an earlier announcement by Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh, who wants to visit and teach the owner on how to properly put up the Jalur Gemilang.
“I will go there this Monday, and I want to invite all my friends from all over Malaysia, let’s go to this ‘Ah Pek’ store at noon.
“(Everyone joining) must bring a national flag so we can teach these two ‘Ah Pek’ how to properly install a national flag.
“So, to the two ‘Ah Pek’, you wait for us. We will go to you to teach you how to put up a Malaysian flag,” he said.
“Ah Pek” is a colloquial term widely used in Malaysia to refer to elderly Chinese men.
Another blunder
The latest flag blunder went viral on social media yesterday after a Facebook account under the name Nazirul Hafiz posted a 20-second video, in which a man is seen carrying the flag upside down on a pole, while another man records him.
Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh
It was then shared by Akmal, who lambasted the individuals, calling them “traitors” to the country and urged the government to take action against them.
The Merlimau assemblyperson also sarcastically asked whether the person involved is also disabled, in an apparent swipe at DAP leaders who claimed that the person behind a similar incident at a vernacular school in Negeri Sembilan had intellectual disability.
Later in the day, Chinese-language daily Kwong Wah Yit Poh reported that the store owner, Feng Jin Zhen explained that he was measuring the length of an iron pole while hanging the national flag and did not notice that the flag was upside down.
According to Bernama, police have launched an investigation into the incident under Section 5 of the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1963, Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955 and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1988.
It was then shared by Akmal, who lambasted the individuals, calling them “traitors” to the country and urged the government to take action against them.
The Merlimau assemblyperson also sarcastically asked whether the person involved is also disabled, in an apparent swipe at DAP leaders who claimed that the person behind a similar incident at a vernacular school in Negeri Sembilan had intellectual disability.
Later in the day, Chinese-language daily Kwong Wah Yit Poh reported that the store owner, Feng Jin Zhen explained that he was measuring the length of an iron pole while hanging the national flag and did not notice that the flag was upside down.
According to Bernama, police have launched an investigation into the incident under Section 5 of the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1963, Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955 and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1988.
No comments:
Post a Comment