Since 2004, RTM has been disobeying the Minister?
RTM to mind the language in shows
KUALA LUMPUR: RTM has banned actors from parodying Bahasa Malaysia as spoken by Chinese or Indians in comedy programmes, sitcoms or drama series, said Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin.
“The Information Ministry has long been aware of the problem and after I took over as Information Minister, I gave clear instructions for RTM to stop airing programmes containing such acts.
“I am fully aware that such performances are an insult to non-Malays. The new generation of non-Malays no longer speaks like that,” Zainnuddin said in a statement here.
Zainuddin, however, said the ministry was powerless to stop the production or airings of such programmes by private television stations.