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Friday 6 February 2015

AD CONTROVERSY NOT AFFECT MALAYSIA-INDONESIA RELATIONS: AMBASSADOR


Zahrain Mohamed Hashim Banner ads controversial firm featuring a robot vacuum cleaner that urged customers to oust Indonesian maid was not at all reflect public sentiment in Malaysia, said Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia, Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohamed Hashim. Even Zahrain said he was confident ad Those who become viral two days before the arrival of the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo to Malaysia will not affect bilateral relations between the two countries.

"We need to appreciate Indonesian maid, so there is no reason why Malaysians underestimate or belittle them. "I believe that this is the view of almost all people in Malaysia and we consider these ads as bad taste," he said when contacted. These ads shows a man sitting on a sofa that had the word 'Sacked Indonesian maids you now!' Indonesia's words to appear more clearly outlined. A citizen of Indonesia reported detecting these banners on Tuesday and upload the pictures online. The leader of Indonesia including Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Minister of Labour, M. Hanif dhākirīn, among which reportedly disappointed with the ad. Zahrain said Indonesia has issued a diplomatic note to protest the ad but indisen Malaysia believes it is an isolated case. He said, visibility is very surprising because it suddenly became viral ahead of the arrival of the President of Indonesia to Malaysia. An Indonesian television station, Metro TV Indonesia quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying on Thursday that he had been informed that the banner ads that have been deleted from the company's website. A spokesman for the ministry, Arrmanatha Nasir said: 'We further informed that the company should issue a public apology in three newspapers in Malaysia, if it fails, legal action will be taken. " The company is reported to have closed after indisen it. Calls to the company were also unanswered. The company's website is apparently hacked on Thursday. A similar incident occurred in 2012 following the discovery a treatise supposedly advertise Indonesian maids 'for sale'. Sheet of A4 size was found in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur became a hot issue when it was written on his Twitter page a citizen of Indonesia and reported by an Indonesian TV station. Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia on that time, Datuk Syed Hassan Syed Munshe Afdzaruddin was called by the Indonesian Foreign Ministry in which he explained the leaflet is illegal advertising. Syed Munshe Afdzaruddin also explained that the Kuala Lumpur City Hall will take action against the perpetrators and conducting a routine operation to remove and confiscate illegal posters but still there are some ads that are accidentally left behind.

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