(Malaysian Mirror) - Dealing with bureacracy is frustrating. One can put up with it, complain in the hope things will improve or as in the case of one person, vent on YouTube.
A young man from Muar who caused a national furore with his rap video Negarakuku in 2007 is taking out his frustration with Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) in a very public way.Wee Meng Chee or Namewee figures you can't get any more public than the worldwide audience of YouTube.
Blowing his top
His outburst followed a blackout in Muar that caused him to lose a new song he was composing on his computer. Wee said his younger brother's revision for an examination the next day was also hampered by the blackout.
The rapper stormed into the Tenaga Nasional branch in Muar and started hurling abusive language at the workers after he was unable to get someone from the utility company to answer his phone calls for the 10th time.
The tirade was made into a short film and put on YouTube. The clip and variations of it have since attracted over 700,000 views.
Ministry to probe incident
Sin Chew Daily quoted Information, Communications, Culture and Arts Ministry’s secretary-general Kamaruddin Siaraf as saying that Tenaga Nasional could take action against Wee if it feels that the film had damaged its image.
He said his ministry was investigating the incident involving Wee at the Muar branch.
SEE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE HERE

written by Bigjoe99, November 25, 2009 06:56:36
What Namewee is showing here is a glimpse into OUR FUTURE.. This is why Hindraf came about, this is why people are leaving the country, this is why if you read through this post and you hear the debate slowly going to his favour.
Namewee is a gifted political artist. A talented young man. He is not as simple as he appears. THIS IS A GOOD THING...
written by sataysticks, November 24, 2009 20:52:25
written by khoosl11, November 24, 2009 17:12:38
written by Ken Liew, November 24, 2009 16:06:15
Maybe he is Kurang ajar... for being in Taiwan so long...... But, in Taiwan.. Power Brake down is a BIG issue. As he said, a develop country with power down is a serious problem.
Think back to Malaysia,
written by AO Musa, November 24, 2009 14:32:09
TNB maybe on wrong side but the way he behave is also too much. I dont think i can answer to him nicely if we start using abusive word to me.
written by Calcium2u, November 24, 2009 13:37:35
Too much.....really have no respect for the nation....he really like to be glamour.....
Stop this guy......really irritate to his "LCLY face"......
Two words:
"kurang Ajar".....
Anyway.....
written by KotaDamansara73, November 24, 2009 12:36:33
Now, UMNO has an excuse to discriminate against chinese. Saying Chinese has no respect for the country. Why want to give UMNO even a small chance to create fire.
WE HAVE TO BE MORE DISCIPLINE THAN THIS. IF WE WANT TO BEAT UMNO.
written by Agahdemo, November 24, 2009 12:01:07
Perhaps I am not in Namewee shoe, so can not share his frustration, having lost his works halfway. When there was no response on many phone calls from TNB made matters worse.
As clarified by TNB, this is not maintainance, its power failure. While TNB will have to make sure public can access to get clarification, Namewee outburst is not acceptable.
written by devious17, November 24, 2009 10:00:16
The former cannot be expected while the later is scheduled.
The tnb jokers added fuel to the fire, not only did they conducted themselves unprofessionally ( although I can understand why - pun intended) instead of being 'sabar' and tryingto explain to this hot headed namewee (I think he intentionally did it) the difference between a schedule outage and an unexpected breakdown outage.
written by avancc, November 24, 2009 09:55:17
written by Ken Liew, November 24, 2009 08:40:32
We are paying them everyday (month) and yet... what we get back is a bad services. We probably have the WORST services in developing country...
As i said, 3rd class technology with 1st class price, with 4th class maintenance. Taiwan's ISP are running on 100X faster, and cost 10X lower then local. Vietnam/Philippine have better equipment then us. Are we really Developing???
written by noornm, November 24, 2009 08:08:37
written by AsamLaksa, November 24, 2009 02:13:36
It should read: ...Tenaga Nasional could take action against Wee if it feels that it wants to further damage it's image.
written by toroono78, November 24, 2009 00:36:30
written by johanssm, November 23, 2009 23:50:37
The only main difference is that NameWee hoist it up in the internet .
Tnb is a monopoly business, how will it be ever affected when it is a monopoly business?
NameWee and the restof the Muar folks will still have to use electricity from Tiu Nia Bu ( tnb).
Some of us failed to see the message. His fuss started when nobody picks up his call and his visit to the tnb showed how "professional" tnb's people are handling it.
This is a case of customer complain .
The minister is wrong for trying to protect tnb.
written by magickriver, November 23, 2009 23:36:48
Typical 3rd world mentality. Instead of apologizing for LOUSY SERVICE...wanna hantam the complainant! Same with the PKFZ fiasco - instead of arresting those responsible (no matter how BIG they think they are), the gomen goes after the whistleblowers.
written by Daryl, November 23, 2009 23:30:32
BODOH PUNYA BN government.
written by malgal, November 23, 2009 23:15:49
written by temenggong, November 23, 2009 22:56:59
The last time I checked, Muar is a
written by elmo world, November 23, 2009 22:38:36
We must accept that M'sia is not a developed country YET, other wise we dont have to see so many nonsense/dramas act by the country's leaders, corruption, murders....
BUT, young man 'wee' should learn to control your anger & language......cant blame you, may be you are not matured yet, but dnt be silly, using those 4 letter-words are embarassing to yourself & family only.
** Najib & the adminstration should stop those corrupted projects & masuk poket the commisions if any, think of the poor rakyat, why are they govt servants accept bribe? If you the govt take k of their salary, then they dont have to struggle so hard.
how to survive with less than 1 thousand a month esp with fmy?
written by lakian, November 23, 2009 22:34:41
written by InEffective, November 23, 2009 21:44:14
If the grievances are legitimate, present it assertively - not insultingly (only reflects the upbringing by your parents)
However there certainly is a culture of non-performance, or performance designed to elicit duit kopi - not only in TNB, but also in the immigration, the police force, and of course, our absolutely pathetic justice systems with 10-15 years case backlog.
written by bambooman, November 23, 2009 21:28:29
our ah koon seems quite on this kpi performance!!!
welcome to malaysia...land of no ethics!!
written by Msian Idol3, November 23, 2009 21:25:39
Really buying 2nd hand nuclear generator?? If TNB have billions in profit why not get new & latest?? I suppose more maintenance, more money to be made by UMNO cronies.
written by chanakyan, November 23, 2009 21:18:26
written by bambooman, November 23, 2009 21:18:21
when you insult them, you are wrong and you will have to face the law of the land ( even when they are in the wrong)...but when "they" insult you.....they are the victim....welcome to malaysia!!!
this is the curse of the fat mama's sarong!!!!
written by Sabahfan, November 23, 2009 21:00:11
check out all the list of top officers in TNB, all 100% of them are Malays from UMNO appointed mediocre graduates and managers ..
Starting with Che Khalib, so called Accountant with a magic touch, voted CEO of the year for year 2007... BULLSHIT.... CEO of the year for the Malays only from the previleged ketuanan melayu.
He said, that TNB prices will hit RM17 bucks, instead it plummetted to 7 bucks ha ha ha
and why not? TNB is good for dishing out fat contracts to the UMNO cronies without going thru open tender.
And most of the contracts are nevere performed well, delayed or substandard works as all the profits are already skimmed by the Tansris from UMNO regime.
TNB may announce millions of profit KONON but thats only PEANUTs compaired to its capital assets which are in trillions. ALL FUNDED by taxpayers money...
so what is so private about TNB when it was the rakyats money which was used to set it up in the first place, AND THE MANAGEMENT IS ALL CONTROLED BY THE USELSES MALAYS, MOSTLY UITM GRADUATES... ha ha ha ha ha
written by Vincent, November 23, 2009 20:11:43
written by betasigma, November 23, 2009 20:09:37
He said his ministry was investigating the incident involving Wee at the Muar branch."""
why the hell information,communication,culture n arts ministry got anything to do with TNB???there is sure something 'tak kena' lah,rais fcukor!!!
written by betasigma, November 23, 2009 20:00:32
written by betasigma, November 23, 2009 19:57:44
written by arazak, November 23, 2009 19:43:05
Maybe we should start thinking about leaving this country!
written by mountainking, November 23, 2009 19:27:48
And our idiotic govt agency trying to flex its muscle. btw, this is between TNB and namewee and don't tell me govt ministry is only reduced to fixing up commoner on the street.
written by SiHangChai, November 23, 2009 19:09:54
written by me_in, November 23, 2009 18:29:16
He was demanding why there was no notice in the papers about that blackout..
The foul language he used to insult TNB and the the employees is not acceptable.
He has the right to complain but the way he did is arrogant.
I would urge TNB to take appropriate action against this idiot.
RS Pesara TNB 20021
written by mikewang, November 23, 2009 18:27:17
I support Namewee.
Language used by him is crude, but the feeling and frustration we share are the same.
written by quietguy, November 23, 2009 17:54:28
, sydput. I thought you only insult muslims.
written by sydput, November 23, 2009 17:32:15
written by miwaki, November 23, 2009 17:28:29
If TNB is made up of incompetent staff,then just inform us the general public that TNB is made up of lousy and incompetent people so that Malaysians would not blame TNB in future for black-out ! We will understand your predicament because you are staffed with mediocre and stupid staff. Blackout seldom occurs in developed country but it is very common in third world countries especially in malaysia.So just admit you incapability and we will all just shake our heads when there is a blackout ! It's just an act of God,not TNB's problem,it's God's problem.
written by Angela Ooi, November 23, 2009 17:20:39

























