Tuesday, July 21, 2009

The aristocrats from Pekan

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, in jest, thought Malaysia would be given a 6-0 drubbing by his favourite club, Manchester United. Read Jaiho's posting here. Also read his revelation that FA of Malaysia (FAM) president Sultan Ahmad Shah was not pleased with the way Malay Mail approached its series of articles on Zimbabwe's presence for a two-match friendly with the national squad ahead of the prestigious exhibition clash with Manchester United here. The Sultan is highly tolerant of criticism, I must say, based on personal experience. I remember the Malay Mail back page calling for the Sultan and his son, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, to resign following the national team's 1-0 defeat to Laos in the Jakarta SEA Games in 1997 but the father-and-son combo did not take the writers to task. For the Sultan to pick on certain newspapers is certainly uncharacteristic of him. It could be the choice of words or insinuations by Malay Mail that have incurred his wrath. Loose cannon was told the Sultan had never been angrier...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The men from Pekan, the champion of 1Malaysia tapi langsung tak de keyakinan terhadap orang - orangnya sendiri! Jangan salahkan orang jika orang - orang lain mempertikaikan kempen anda...

Anonymous said...

It would be a shame if tuanku decide that FAM take legal action on MMail.

Ia sekaligus melambangkan sikap FAM yang tidak boleh dikritik langsung,.there is a thing call Freedom of Speech in case those big wig in FAM forget.

I hope tuanku is wise enough to reconsider taking legal action, as the writter meant well in the 1st place.