Remember the infamous sex bloggers Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee? Well, they’re back, but this time they have clothes on.
The duo – Alvin Tan Jye Yee and Vivian Lee – who caused a scandal here and across the Causeway with their explicit sex blog in October last year, now appear to be out to nudge the sensitivities of Muslims during the holy month of Ramadhan.
In a photo posted on their Facebook fanpage, the pair is seen enjoying a meal of ‘bak kut teh’, a dish popularly known to consist of pork. The words “Selamat berbuka puasa (dengan bak kut teh…wangi, enak menyelerakan!)’ (Happy breaking fast (with bak kut teh….aromatic, tasty and appetizing) appear at the top.
The photo also displayed the Halal logo.
These words captioned the photo: Izinkan kami memperkenalkan cara kami memupuk semangat 1Malaysia dengan bertukar-tukar makanan antara kaum-kaum Malaysia pada musim perayaan yang mulia ini. Hak untuk menikmati juadah enak tempatan seharusnya merentasi batasan bangsa dan juga agama. Kepada saudara-saudari yang beragama Islam, selamat berbuka puasa dan Salam Aidilfitri! - Sahabatmu, Alvin dan Vivian.
[Allow us to introduce our way of inculcating the the spirit of 1Malaysia and that is by exchanging food between the races in Malaysia during this holy celebration. The right to enjoy local delicacies should cross the boundaries of race and also religion. To Muslims, happy breaking fast and Salam Aidilfitri - Your friends, Alvin and Vivian).
Needless to say the post drew the wrath of not just Muslims, but Facebook users of various races and faiths who joined the bandwagon and slammed the couple for using the Halal logo on their photo and insulting Muslims.
What Facebook users said
Less than a day after Tan and Lee shared the 'greeting' on Facebook, the post received close to 300 shares.
Outraged, user Elly Yusof blasted the couple saying, “I pity your lame effort of gaining cheap publicity by insulting others. Crass.”
“Nothing wrong with ur msg, but it is so wrong to use halal logo! You should be a bit more sensitive about this... because it causes direct insult to MUSLIM as the religion that our Malay friends believe,” said a Pete Sin, whose comment received close to 700 likes in 14 hours.
Here are more comments:
Hazel Sia: Can we just ignore this shameless couple? They do not represent the Malaysian Chinese, they are the worst garbage... no respect for others and their own families.
Abel Chow : Fellow Malaysians, these two are the perfect prime example of trollers in Malaysia. They do nothing but try their very best to incite any form of reaction through the means of social media to increase their fame. For regardless of how much you hate them or love them (No publicity is bad publicity in terms of fame / showbiz). Therefore the very best we can do is refrain ourselves to paying any form of response towards their distasteful acts and they will soon be forgotten.
Moving on to the topic of racism, these two are the prime example of Chinese people (in fact any or every minority) in Malaysia of which considers Malays to be racist yet they themselves are being racist. Morality and respect of honor with towards one another exists in the very soul of an individual. It is not solely contained in any form of race nor religion. So my fellow Malaysians, rejoice in the fact that there are amongst us that so share the love of sharing this country lovingly. It is time we be one.
I am a Chinese, I must admit I feel ashamed for those amongst my race that do not share my sentiments towards peace and understanding as well. Prouder to say, I'm Malaysian. To my Muslim friends and all
partaking in this Ramadan, I wish you all Ramadan Kareem.
Asyraful Sabqi Sadun : They dont represent the chinese. So dont blame the race guys.
HamDan MooNir : This post is great...You just make millions of Muslim people enraged with your behavior...Your girl just kena rob before this.
You will for sure get the bad punishment when the time comes...At that time,no one will even offer to help you... May Allah give the full lesson to you...
Farzana Zamry: Ur trick wont make me sceptical to my chinese friend. This doesnt work. I think both of u have some sort of mental illness. Btw tanjung rambutan is ready for u.
Mohd Azrul : Dear Alvin & Vivian, we hope that you will regret for this. As we respect Chinese culture and religion, please do the same thing to us.Well we do understand Buddhist dont eat beef as for their religion, please understand that the sensitivity of muslims. We dont force you to eat beef or make fun of it! we respect! I have Chinese friends too and they are ashamed of what you did. ALL OF US do!
Choi Khiat Ong: Please respect my Muslim friends ! I am ashamed of you two! Put them into jail!
In a phone interview with The Star Online, Tan said he was 'just curious to see how people would perceive it".
On whether he regretted putting up the 'greeting', Tan had reportedly said “not yet...”.
“Yeah, in a way. I don't know. I was just curious to see how people will perceive it. It seems not everybody is on the same page as us. It is dark humour. It is just our attempt to see how it will be perceived. It is just trying to be humorous on the matter,” he was quoted as saying.
Tan, a former law scholar at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Lee became one of the biggest media sensations last year when their ‘sex-blog’ containing their naked photos and videos of their multiple romps, went viral in Singapore and Malaysia.
yet it is alright to BURN THE BIBLE (not letting that one go)
ReplyDeleteTROLLERS WERE UNDIPLOMATIC TO ENRAGED SO MANY MILLIONS OF MUSLIMS....THEY COULD FIND BETTER WAYS TO PROTEST ANY GRUDGES THEY HAVE AGAINST THE UMNO GOV'T.....BUT USING RELGION IS A BIT OFF................
DeleteBUT EXTREMIST MUSLIMS LED BY UMNO (NOT ALL MUSLIMS) MUST NOT FORGET THAT WHEN THEY OUTRAGE NON-MUSLIMS IT IS OK SUCH AS:
NOT JUST BURN THE BIBLE, BUT BURN CHURCHES, CUT OFF COWS HEAD TO OFFEND HINDUS, MAKE FORCIBLE CONVERSION OF YOUNG STUDENTS, STEAL SABAH & SARAWAK WEALTH& SUPPRESS THEIR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, MAKE THE MAJORITY THE POOREST OF THE POOR & OF COURSE OCCUPYING THEIR COUNTRIES FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
All these are OK OK OK!
AND MAKE ISLAM THE STATE RELIGION IN SABAH AND SARAWAK WHEN THE 18/20 POINTS SAID THIS WAS A "NO, NO"
POINT ONE of the 18/20 Points Agreements says:
Point 1: Religion
While there was no objection to Islam being the national religion of Malaysia there should be no State religion in North Borneo, and the provisions relating to Islam in the present Constitution of Malaya should not apply to North Borneo (& Sarawak)….
Comment: This point on religious freedom was of greatest concern to the Sabah Sarawak people and they made it the FIRST point of the Agreement with the Malayans.
The state constitutions of Sabah and Sarawak have been illegally changed to make Islam the “state religion”.
Is this not FORCING non-Muslims to accept UMNO Malay supremacy?
WHERE IS OUR RIGHT HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM UNDER THE 18/20 POINTS AND OUR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS?
THE CHURCHES HAVE NOW STOOD UP AGAINST UMNO's PSEUDO FASCIST RELIGIOUS NONSENSE & THEY HAD TO PUT UP WITH 50 YEARS OF UMNO'S RELIGIOUS REPRESSION AND OPPRESSION OF CHRISTIANS IN THE ONCE CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES OF SABAH AND SARAWAK!
THIS IS ONE OF THE PRICES WE HAVE TO PAY FOR ALLOWING UMNO TO ANNEX OUR 2 COUNTRIES AND FAILING TO UNITE TO RESIST THEIR IMPERIALIST TAKEOVER!
STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS & REFUSED TO BE OPPRESSED BY UMNO PSEUDO RELIGIOUS POLICIES!!!!