Ridhuan Tee mocked for berating Hungry Ghost month prayer flags, banner disrespect BM

Ridhuan Tee mocked for berating Hungry Ghost month prayer flags, banner disrespect BM

MUSLIM convert preacher Ridhuan Tee Abdullah has come under fire for lashing out at an apparent Hungry Ghost Festival worship banner alongside two flags put up at the Taman Kosas junction in Ampang for undermining the status of Bahasa Malaysia (BM) as the national language.

“Is this China? Where’s the national language position? Doesn’t MPAJ monitor them?” chastised the Muafakat Nasional deputy president in a post Threads which has amassed 3.2K likes, 1.2K comments, 508 reposts and 302 shares at the time of writing.

“Religious freedom is guaranteed but the country’s agenda must be respected.”

The reaction which stood out is that from a seemingly Muslim netizen who mockingly schooled Ridhuan that the ‘public announcement’ is targeted at “the Chinese, not for Melayu celup (slang for ‘fake Malay’)” like himself.

“It’s intended for the hungry ghost  festival… Chinese ghosts come out for one month to find the souls of plunderers, rapists, tayar celup (slang for ‘retread tyres’) … to enter their bodies… Chinese ghosts want to cleanse the bodies of racists only… Wasalam ”.

Another bluntly asked him if he wasn’t a Chinese given his naivety that both the banner and flags are notifications in conjunction with the Hungry Ghost Festival.

Editor’s Note: The Hungry Ghost Festival in 2026 runs across the seventh lunar month from Aug 13 to Sept 11.

The main peak of the festival – known as Ghost Day or Zhong Yuan Jie – falls on Thursday, Aug 27, 2026 when the spiritual energies are considered most active.


Elsewhere, non-Muslim brethren of the former senior professor in the Faculty of General Studies and Advanced Education at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Terengganu ridiculed him for championing the national language for the wrong cause.

“Supposedly, BM is used, you can easily turn around and accuse the ritual organiser for trying to confuse Muslims … only good at fault finding,” chided one commenter while another enlightened Ridhuan that “written in Chinese means it has nothing to do with other races”.

“The message is for the Chinese community. So why on earth it should be written in Malay? Are you expecting the Muslims and Indians to join the hungry ghost festival as well? Such a retarded id*ot!”

One commenter even took the effort to provide the much-needed translation service for the convenience of the presumably Mandarin-illiterate preacher.

Another hit out at Ridhuan by insinuating if he has erased from his memory the entire faith and cultural aspect of his ancestors since embracing Islam while tagging the Home Ministry.


Don’t keep riding on racial/linguistic issues here. It’s a sin in Islam to deliberately play with such issues. 

Let me explain it to everyone: This is actually a banner for the annual celebration of the majority of Chinese community – that of the Hungry Ghost Festival.

This ritual is for them to pray and have a feast for the spirits according to the Chinese customs. It’s just an annual affair so, no need to provoke. @kementeriandalamnegeri.

Last but certainly not the least, the once panellist on RTM’s flagship Islamic talk show Forum Perdana Ehwal Islam prior to his allegation of being blacklisted when the Madani government came to power did receive deserving shelling from his Muslim brethren.

“He is seemingly more Malay than the Malays. Malays know when they see those triangle flags that they’re related to the Chinese ritual,” jibed one former national rugby player.

“But you’re the one who’s pretending to be confused instead. Have you forgotten how to read Chinese, apek?”

Even if Ridhuan is unable to read Chinese, another Muslim brother belittled that the ustaz should at least resort to using Google Translate. – Aug 16, 2026