Finally Tanda Putera admitted to their slander. But the damage is done! How do they fix this? What is more sickening is that this film cost the govt RM4.8million.
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More than a year after the film 'Tanda Putera' was embroiled in controversy with its Facebook page accusing DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang of urinating on a flagpole, the film's producer has finally issued an official apology.
"We, Messrs Pesona Pictures Sdn Bhd, unreservedly apologise to Lim Kit Siang for the embarrassment caused by the abovementioned publication which is devoid of truth," it said in a statement uploaded on Facebook this afternoon.
In an earlier posting yesterday, theFacebook site of the film based on the May 13, 1969 race riots attributed the faulty allegation it made July last year to a junior social media administrator.
"The administrator at that time, who was also our friend, received a link from a visitor who sent a picture of Lim Kit Siang with the wrong caption.
"Our junior administrator did not do it on purpose, but he thought it was correct, so he uploaded it," the posting reads.
The caption had said Lim urinated on the flagpole outside the house of the then Selangor menteri besar Harun Idris.
Yesterday's 'Tanda Putera' Facebook statement said the mistake was promptly rectified and claimed that the administrator and film producer have since apologised, though it did not specify to whom.
However, it noted that there were demands for an apology onFacebook where the posting originally appeared: "No problem, we will do it (apologise on Facebook)," the posting says.
"The picture and caption were not our creations but were sent to us," it adds.
Elaborating on the faux pas in the latest official apology today, the film's producer said Lim's photograph and erroneous caption was posted on theirFacebook page by a subscriber and was spotted by the page's administrator.
"Innocently believing the same to be in some manner relevant to the movie Tanda Putera, he proceeded to copy and save them onto theFacebook's photo album.
"The publication thereof was purely an inadvertence, without any malice or bad faith intended," it said.
However, the company said it stood by the content of the 'Tanda Putera' film.
Apology missing
This is the first public apology made. It was absent in the prominent public rebuttal by film director Shuhaimi Baba on Aug 15, 2012, almost a month after the controversy first erupted.
Shuhaimi (right) had merely said that the erroneous posting was removed and that at no point did Lim appear in the film.
However, she insisted that the urination incident was real, though not by Lim himself.
'Tanda Putera' chronicles the relationship between former prime minister Abdul Razak Hussein and his deputy Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman in the midst of the 1969 race riots, which continues to be a divisive topic, and more so today as a result of the controversial film.
Lim has repeatedly denied the urination incident, seen as a provocation for the 1969 race riots, pointing out that he was in Sabah when the May 13 tragedy broke out in Kuala Lumpur.
He had also urged the filmmakers to apologise over the allegation.
On Monday, Lim, who is also DAP national adviser, commenced legal action against Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia and former information minister Zainuddin Maidin for repeating the 'urination' allegation against him.
AND even through Tanda Putera has completely bomb in the box-office, the film director Datin Paduka Shuhaimi Baba has already begun work on her next movie for which she is expecting another government grant!!!! WTF!
WE NEED TO VOTE BN GOVT OUT TO SAVE MONEY ON USELESS FILMS!
"We, Messrs Pesona Pictures Sdn Bhd, unreservedly apologise to Lim Kit Siang for the embarrassment caused by the abovementioned publication which is devoid of truth," it said in a statement uploaded on Facebook this afternoon.
In an earlier posting yesterday, theFacebook site of the film based on the May 13, 1969 race riots attributed the faulty allegation it made July last year to a junior social media administrator."The administrator at that time, who was also our friend, received a link from a visitor who sent a picture of Lim Kit Siang with the wrong caption.
"Our junior administrator did not do it on purpose, but he thought it was correct, so he uploaded it," the posting reads.
The caption had said Lim urinated on the flagpole outside the house of the then Selangor menteri besar Harun Idris.
Yesterday's 'Tanda Putera' Facebook statement said the mistake was promptly rectified and claimed that the administrator and film producer have since apologised, though it did not specify to whom.
However, it noted that there were demands for an apology onFacebook where the posting originally appeared: "No problem, we will do it (apologise on Facebook)," the posting says.
"The picture and caption were not our creations but were sent to us," it adds.
Elaborating on the faux pas in the latest official apology today, the film's producer said Lim's photograph and erroneous caption was posted on theirFacebook page by a subscriber and was spotted by the page's administrator."Innocently believing the same to be in some manner relevant to the movie Tanda Putera, he proceeded to copy and save them onto theFacebook's photo album.
"The publication thereof was purely an inadvertence, without any malice or bad faith intended," it said.
However, the company said it stood by the content of the 'Tanda Putera' film.
Apology missing
This is the first public apology made. It was absent in the prominent public rebuttal by film director Shuhaimi Baba on Aug 15, 2012, almost a month after the controversy first erupted.
Shuhaimi (right) had merely said that the erroneous posting was removed and that at no point did Lim appear in the film.However, she insisted that the urination incident was real, though not by Lim himself.
'Tanda Putera' chronicles the relationship between former prime minister Abdul Razak Hussein and his deputy Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman in the midst of the 1969 race riots, which continues to be a divisive topic, and more so today as a result of the controversial film.
Lim has repeatedly denied the urination incident, seen as a provocation for the 1969 race riots, pointing out that he was in Sabah when the May 13 tragedy broke out in Kuala Lumpur.
He had also urged the filmmakers to apologise over the allegation.
On Monday, Lim, who is also DAP national adviser, commenced legal action against Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia and former information minister Zainuddin Maidin for repeating the 'urination' allegation against him.
AND even through Tanda Putera has completely bomb in the box-office, the film director Datin Paduka Shuhaimi Baba has already begun work on her next movie for which she is expecting another government grant!!!! WTF!
WE NEED TO VOTE BN GOVT OUT TO SAVE MONEY ON USELESS FILMS!
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