KUALA LUMPUR: The Indonesian media should not have exploited the issue involving the Balinese Pendet dance, which was wrongly inserted in an advertisement for a special documentary series on Malaysia.
Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim added that the stand of the Indonesian media did not reflect that of the Indonesian Government.
“If any party feel that their culture or art was re-intepreted, they should not be emotional and burn the national flag or pelt the embassy with stones,” he told reporters after attending a craft promotion event.
Dr Rais was commenting on the controversy over the insertion of the Pendet dance in a promotional clip on Malaysia by Discovery Channel, which drew protests from the Indonesian public. The Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta was also pelted with eggs.
On Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Malaysia should not be blamed as Discovery Channel had wrongly inserted the dance in the clip.
Dr Rais said he would reply to a letter he had received from Indonesian Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik on the need to share views and find solutions to such disputes.
Dr Rais said his ministry would also propose to Wisma Putra that the matter be resolved through the Eminent Persons Group.
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