Wednesday November 25, 2009
Namewee raps TNB over outages, insists on apology
By IZATUN SHARI
KUALA LUMPUR: Rapper Wee Meng Chee, better known as Namewee, is adamant that Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) apologises to consumers for frequent power outages.
“TNB must come out and say sorry to Malaysians. TNB is not going to improve. There’ll always be breakdowns. There’ll always be shutdowns and they’ll never inform us,” claimed the controversial rapper yesterday,
Wee gained notoriety in 2007 for his rap song, Negarakuku.
Wee said punishing him would not change things when it came to TNB’s services.
He was reacting to a statement by Information, Communications, Culture and Arts Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim that the Government would examine the lyrics and content of Wee’s rap music video which poked fun at TNB.
Disgruntled: Namewee creates controversy again with his latest rap video slamming TNB for frequent power outages. Wee said yesterday his intention of producing the videoclip was to express disappointment over power disruptions.
“As a consumer, I pay every month. I was merely complaining to TNB over the breakdowns. I had no intention of insulting TNB,” said Wee, who is a songwriter, composer and freelance music video director.
Wee claimed that his friend’s father, who was ill and dependent on an oxygen machine, was probably suffering and close to death during a power outage, while another friend who was running a restaurant was suffering from losses.
Wee claimed that there were three power outages when he was in Muar, Johor since he came back from Taiwan about a year ago.
On why he used vulgar words in the video clip to lash out at TNB, he said he did that to attract more viewers to view his videoclip.
Dr Rais said yesterday investigations would be conducted on the lyrics, content and composition of the song before any action was taken against Wee.
He said the Penal Code and the Communications and Multimedia Act could be used against offenders.
“We cannot allow acts that insult which could lead to disharmony,” he told reporters yesterday.
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