A PRO-PAKATAN Harapan (PH) netizen has defended the directional signboard at Kuala Lumpur Sentral after a supposedly Opposition-slant supporter raised the issue of “killing the national language” by the prominent display of Mandarin translation which turned out to be the Japanese language.
CIKY🅰️NIE (@lady_bugg11) in her recent posting in X (formerly Twitter) took a swipe at one Bohari bin Ibrahim who expressed sadness at Malaysia’s largest transportation-cum- transit hub with his remark “language is the soul of the nation … to kill a race, kill its language first” (bahasa jiwa bangsa … nak bunuh bangsa, bunuhlah bahasanya).
SIGNBOARD KL SENTRAL
1. Itu bahasa Jepun, bukan bahasa Cina
2. Teks “KLIA Ekspres” dan “KLIA Transit” telah dipadam oleh pemilik akaun “Bohari bin Ibrahim”. Perhatikan ruang kosong kat atas teks Jepun baris kedua dan baris ketiga. Baris pertama ada teks “platform”. Takkan baris… pic.twitter.com/JeHb6Uhsu1— CIKY🅰️NIE (@lady_bugg11) November 30, 2023
Claiming that the social media posts on “KLIA Ekspres” and “KLIA Transit” have since been deleted by Bohari who is the account owner, @lady_bugg11 clarified that the Japanese text is made available “as a tribute to Dr Kisho Kurokawa who was the (award winning) architect who designed KL Sentral”.
“Even if the PM (Prime Minister) wants to kill the language, the killing of the language was done in 2001 when KL Sentral was opened,” asserted @lady_bugg11. “The PM at the time was an SG4 (abbreviation for coalition of four PAS-rule state governments) advisor is still being held in high esteem by PAS loyalists. His name is Mahathir (Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad).”
Doubtlessly, the pot shot by @lady_bugg11 who claims herself to be a chef and businesswoman elicited a barrage of brickbats at Bohari with netizen @VillarPerosa belittling Bohari for his “shallowness in various foreign writings (languages)” to @syahmi_fikrii who wondered if he wants to be a “PN cytro (Perikatan Nasional’s cybertropper).
“Looks like this is the first time Bohari stepped foot into Kl. Sure, this is cultural shock to him,” teased @arashxnaim with @iskandarrastman wondering if it is justifiable to blame the unity government for the matter.
“The signboard has been there for years yet all of a sudden this issue cropped up and you have to blame it in on the present government,” chided @iskandarrastman.
Added a more neutral @ManiamMKM: “This is educational …. Am so surprised that the Mahathir era deems it as proper to give due recognition to foreigners who had contributed!” – Dec 1, 2023
