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A car with the number plate DAP165 appears at 44 seconds.
DAP165 is said to resemble the epithet ‘DAPIGS’ used by BN cyber troopers on the Internet.
Syerleena Abdul Rashid, DAP representative in the Penang city council, said, “It’s hate-mongering, DAP and Chinese-bashing propaganda, similar to what we saw with ‘Tanda Putera’.”
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8 August 2017
DAP hits out at ‘DAP165’ scene in movie ‘Malay Regiment’
Teresa Kok says racism, not DAP, is the number one enemy of the state.
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PETALING JAYA: A movie supposedly about patriotism should encourage racial unity and harmony instead of painting a certain group in a negative light, says DAP MP Teresa Kok.
Commenting on the trailer of “Malay Regiment”, Kok said the movie’s director, Jurey Latiff Rosli, should be reprimanded by the government for inserting a scene that made DAP appear as an enemy of the Malays and the state.
The scene in question depicts a Chinese man standing next to a Mercedes-Benz with “DAP165” on its car plate. It is believed to be a play on the word “DAPigs”, which is a common insult against the party.
In the scene, the man stares at the Parliament building, while a voice-over in Chinese says: “We don’t need to go to war, we just need to use our brains to control the economy.”
“Such a scene that runs down DAP should not be inserted into the movie at all, because it goes against the spirit of ‘1Malaysia’.
“When the country is celebrating its 60th anniversary, a movie on patriotism should promote racial unity, and not create conflicts, hatred and dissension in the country,” Kok said to FMT.
“DAP is not the enemy of the Malays, and not an enemy of the state. Racism is the number one enemy that can destroy Malaysia.”
Earlier today, Communication and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak told Malaysiakini that he had asked the movie makers to remove the scene, which he said was “inappropriate”.
According to the news portal, Jurey had agreed to the request.
Kok commended Salleh for making the request, even before DAP itself.
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7 August 2017
Malay Mail OnlineVerified account @themmailonline
Minister orders cut to ‘DAP165’ scene in local movie
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — The producers of local movie Malay Regiment have been ordered to remove a scene featuring a car with the number plate “DAP165”.
“The matter was brought to my attention this morning. Upon checking the trailer, I found that the scene was inappropriate and asked for it to be removed,” Communication and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak told news portal Malaysiakini today.
The car plate scene had popped up briefly in one of the movie’s trailers on YouTube, uploaded on December 16 last year by its production house, world evolution Brain.
The combination of letters and numbers resemble the epithet ‘DAPIGS’, said to be frequently by the federal Opposition party’s detractors on the Internet.
The news portal also reported the movie director Datuk Jurey Latiff Rosli saying he would abide by the minister’s order, but denied a furtive attempt to slag the DAP or portray the political party as communist.
“To me, the film’s philosophy can be interpreted to have many meanings. We are showing the incident happened in 1976 and the past can be a lesson to us today,” he was quoted saying.
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