UMNO Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh said he would visit a Penang hardware shop on Monday after its owner, Feng Jin Zhen, was filmed holding the Malaysian flag upside down.
Although Feng claimed it was unintentional while measuring a pole, Akmal dismissed the explanation, calling the men involved “traitors” and inviting supporters to join him at the shop to “teach” them how to hang the flag properly, using the term ah pek for the two elderly Chinese men.
“I’m coming this Monday, and I want to invite all my friends from across Malaysia to come to this ah pek’s shop at 12 noon.
“We’ll go to his shop on the condition that we bring the Malaysian flag so we can teach these two ah pek how to properly put up the Malaysian flag.
“So, you two ah pek, wait for me to come and teach you how to put up the Malaysian flag,” Akmal said in a Facebook post.
A 20-second video of a man holding the Malaysian flag upside down went viral after being posted on Facebook, later shared by Akmal, urging government action against them.
The Merlimau assemblyman sarcastically questioned if the men were PWDs, referencing a past DAP claim that a similar flag incident involved a disabled person.
Police are investigating the case under multiple laws, including the Emblems and Names Act, the Minor Offences Act, and the Communications and Multimedia Act. —Aug 10, 2025
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