Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri recently took to his Facebook to clarify his previous statement where he had allegedly said in Parliament that pisang goreng sellers are not allowed to use subsidised oil packets in their cooking.
In his explanation, Ismail Sabri said that some people were trying to twist his remarks on what he said about subsidised oil packs and pisang goreng sellers.
He said that although the subsidised oil packets are strictly for domestic use, the government wouldn’t issue a summon to pisang goreng sellers if they were to use it.
Following his explanation, Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa recently urged all parties to stop posting videos that manipulate the prime minister’s explanation of subsidised cooking oil.
He said that action would be taken against those who do so, adding that MCMC has identified an offender, who is also a politician.
According to BERNAMA, Annuar said the MCMC had identified the individual who distributed the video clip through their TikTok account.
“We have asked the MCMC to take follow-up action through the normal channel. I believe that all the MPs heard and followed the sitting and felt happy with the explanation given by the PM.”
Annuar said the excerpt of the video clip circulated by the individual did not capture the actual “spirit” of the answer given by the prime minister.
He said that sharing the video excerpt was against the rules and laws and is trying to spread the news in a semi-true and misleading form because it was taken out of context.
“We understand that it is probably for political purposes to instill hatred and erase the people’s confidence in the prime minister by portraying him as insensitive and anti-petty traders when he is the opposite. I hope this will stop, as spreading fake news is an offence,” he said.
“After all, as the prime minister said yesterday, we wouldn’t want to be a heartless government by taking stern action against petty traders and hawkers selling goreng pisang.”
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