He has done it yet again.
And so it seems that Kinabatangan MP Bung Mokhtar had ruffled some feathers after he uncharacteristically tweeted -- what seemed to be a brash statement -- after Brazil’s 7-1 defeat to mighty Germany at the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-final match at the wee hours of Tuesday morning. In a typical Bung fashion, he pushed the remarks aside.
Bung has caused a furore of sorts and unmistakably, the political figure became an overnight sensation for his ‘irrational’ comment. Bung is notorious for his razor-sharp comments on the social media platform – occasionally stoking fire on various subjects – that had put him in a negative light.
Many quarters turned feverish with Bung’s ‘irrational’ and ‘uncouth’ posting -- and it is no surprise that it has inevitably invited mixed responses from not only die-hard football aficionados but also local and international leaders.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in a Twitter posting stated that Bung's comments are unacceptable and wrong.
In a twist of event, Bung on his Twitter account apologised:
It may wonder if Bung had crossed the line yet again? This issue is after all, about one man –the world’s most powerful communist leaders, Adolf Hitler.
Bung apologises but says 'no way' to calls for him to resign
For the uninitiated, here’s a little background on one of the world’s greatest communist leader, Adolf Hitler.
Sidebar:
1. Who is Hitler?
Born as Adolf Hitler to Klara Hitler and Alois Hitler on 2nd Aprill 1889 in Austria, he is the fourth child out of six siblings. He later moved to Germany was the most feared politicians in history.
He held the post of Nazi Party leader, chancellor and dictator of Nazi Germany. During the World War I (1914 –1918), Hitler volunteered to serve in the Bavarian Army as an Austrian citizen and believed that the Jews stole from Germany in WWI.
Hitler led the Germany, started the war and invaded Poland in 1939 after declaring World War II, which lasted for six years.
He was best remembered for executing one of the world’s most-feared terrorising event -- ‘The Holocaust’ -- in 1941.
2. Why did Hitler commit suicide?
It is believed that his fear for an impending invasion by the mighty Soviets and that Germany would have suffered a bitter lost in the war could be the cause of his suicide.
His suicide on the fateful April 30, 1945, saw the fascist leader being holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin committed suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head.
3. How does German view him now?
Recently, German interior ministers’ of 16 states pledged to prevent anyone from printing Hitler’s manifesto, “Mein Kampf” (My Struggle).
“Mein Kampf” (My Struggle) has not been published in Germany since the end of World War II; however this may change when the book's copyright expires at the end of 2015.
This has led to a debate whether the book should become available to the public or continue to exist only on the internet and the black market.
In 1933, Richard Evans, regius professor of history at Cambridge and a specialist in German social and cultural history said in anyone who had tried to burn Mein Kampf, "would have been arrested and shot," in response to an independent lead by fascist student to 'purge the un-German spirit'.
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