Recently, the Public Health Malaysia social media page garnered some flak after they shared their belief that ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ new song, APT. (which refers to a Korean drinking game), encourages bad Western behaviour.
And considering how ROSÉ is a prominent name in the K-pop scene, this issue has since gone viral in Korea. However, it appears that a Korean portal has mistaken Public Health Malaysia for someone else.
Notable Korean pop culture site, Koreaboo, recently covered the incident of APT. being called a bad influence, though they’ve mistaken Public Health Malaysia for our Malaysian Ministry of Health (MOH), in an article titled ‘Malaysian Government Slams BLACKPINK Rosé’s “APT.” And Warns Parents‘.
Throughout Koreaboo’s article, it was reported that the “Malaysian Ministry of Health” raised concerns about the song being inappropriate, especially for children.
Koreaboo even cited that MOH allegedly shared its concerns “on its official social media”, stating that the Ministry questioned the song’s impact in a post asking, Have you listened to Rosé and Bruno Mars’ ‘APT.’?“.
For those unaware, the Public Health Malaysia social media pages have NO AFFILIATION whatsoever with MOH, and MOH has its own official social media pages.
This has led to MOH receiving some heat online.
However, many also took the opportunity to clarify things.
MOH, too, decided to speak out!
Taking to their ACTUAL official social media page, MOH pointed out that they did not comment about the song nor are they linked to Public Health Malaysia.
“The Ministry of Health (MOH) Malaysia wishes to clarify that any statements regarding this article attributed to MOH have not been issued or authorised by the Government of Malaysia. In this regard, we would like to highlight that the posting was made by an entity which is not linked to the Ministry in any form whatsoever.”
“Please be cautious of unverified information circulating online, as it can lead to confusion and misinformation among members of the public. Hence, we encourage the public to rely on official MOH channels for verified information and updates on public health matters,” they wrote.
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