Offensive Posts Against Selangor FC Spark Outrage
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People were enraged by offensive posts made by the Bola Tribe’s Twitter page.
The account — whose content mainly consists of football-related posts that glorify the Johor Darul Ta’zim Football Club (JDT FC) and vilify the Selangor Football Club (Selangor FC) — shared two Tweets on 28 June 2024, openly mocking Selangor FC by defacing an image of Buddha and depicting a temple as the football club’s HQ.
It’s thought that the posts sprang from the heated rivalry between Selangor and Johor over football.
The phrase “The Real Tokong” was initially used by Tunku Mahkota Ismail (TMJ), the Crown Prince of Johor, in his personal Instagram story where he expressed his view regarding the Malaysian Football League’s (MFL) decision to reduce the penalties for Selangor FC.
Prior to that, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah of Selangor, on June 26, expressed his displeasure with the punishment that Selangor FC received for pulling out of the Charity Shield football match.
Many find the posts offensive towards the Buddhist and Taoist communities in Malaysia and breached the government’s strict 3R (race, religion, royalty) guidelines—saying that it’s completely obsurd to insult people’s beliefs.
People were also asking the authorities to take immediate action towards the account for the blatant indiscretion.
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