'No money' claim by American commentator exposes his ignorance, says Anwar

The Star

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has criticised an American political commentator for dismissing the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Southeast Asia, saying the remarks only revealed the commentator’s ignorance.  Anwar was responding to comments made by conservative pundit Bill O’Reilly, who claimed, “Malays aren’t gonna buy your stuff as they don’t have the money”—remarks that drew backlash from Malaysians who accused him of being uninformed.  Speaking to reporters after attending the Finance Ministry’s Hari Raya Aidilfitri Open House on Friday (April 18), Anwar said such uninformed views risk fuelling xenophobia.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/29us8nzd  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Dr. Swin, Mama Raya, Dr. Swin, Dr. Swin, Dr. Swin, Dr. Swin.

00:08This is a extreme example of people who are actually blind and blind and think that it is only the country and the country that is the most successful.

00:27This is not the same idea about Asia, ASEAN and development.

00:35This is what we call in the social science as a thought that is a thought that is brought up with the imperialist and penjajahan.

00:48So, we don't be too busy because it is a thing that still exists.

00:53This is why there is a xenophobia, anti-chaum lain, Islamophobia.

00:59This is because of the hate.

01:01Bye.

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