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Najib dancing gets social tongues wagging

SODO-MEE ROSPORK: There is a limit as to how far someone can be criticised, whether he is a PM or otherwise. In this instance, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has every right to join in his daughter's wedding celebration by dancing, or doing anything on stage.

By criticising the prime minister here, you mean it is not all right for parents to celebrate their children's wedding in the same manner as Najib and Rosmah?

Come on, folks, give him a break in his moment of joy at his daughter's wedding. One can criticise Najib on the way he runs the government and on the 1MDB scandal, but at least show some respect and let him have his moment of privacy with his family.

Critics here shouldn't make a big deal of Najib and his wife Rosmah dancing at their daughter's wedding. In fact, it should send a message to the ultra PAS fanatics that Malaysia is a nation of moderates and that dancing and having good clean fun should be encouraged and promoted.

Instead, it is these fanatical PAS ulama who should be wiped out from our culture.

APA INI?: Well done, Najib! Stepping up at last to expectations. Dancing with your wife at your daughter's wedding is the sort of thing Malaysians can approve of. It's everything else that really matters, like the 1MDB disaster, Altantuya's murder, the GST, etc. You can't dance around those issues.

Anonymous_408d: They wanted to give the religious authorities more and more powers so now they should not complain if the same authorities use their growing power to take the premier and his wife to task for dancing.

This is what happens when you overplay your hand - you have to reap what you sow. Next, all Malaysian politicians and VIPs should be very careful not to get caught on camera, laughing too much.

Kangkung: Each and every move made by the 'most celebrated' couple is put under the microscope as the rakyat cannot understand why they have to live from hand-to-mouth, while Najib and Rosmah are always shown with so much wealth and able to splurge.

The rakyat just cannot accept that they have to pay extra taxes while their leaders are jetting around in luxurious private jets and enjoying life, golfing or dancing.

VP Biden: The dancing itself is a non-issue but the the response from Jakim, Isma, and fellow rabble rousing extremist groups that have been emboldened by Najib and his "Islamic" cohorts will be interesting to see.

Remember the K-Pop incident and the noise made by Jakim - the so called defenders of Islam in Malaysia? Hope it doesn't turn out to be a case "cakap tak serupa bikin " (action not matching talk).

Siti_Izza: Yes... can still recall the culture of 'joget lambak'. especially in old time Malacca. After the ‘bersanding’ (the bride and bridegroom sitting on a special dais) and cutting the wedding cake, the guests would then leave their seats and take to the floor to dance.

They did the ‘joget lambak’ (freestyle dancing). Nowadays, it is hard to witness ‘joget lambak’ in kampung weddings as Islamic teachings have taught us well that all we want is a ‘barakah’ (blessed) wedding. But as long as Najib dances with his own family, there's nothing wrong with that.

Vking: What kind of report is this? Please stop this cheap propaganda. It is not weird for someone to dance.

Clongviews: Wow! Najib really can dance. See the movement of his hips, legs and arms. Of course he is happy. Let the couple be happy. But when he comes back to Malaysia, he must dance to the rakyat's music also.

Anonymous #20513663: It's not about whether it's right or wrong in the first instance, but about leaders imposing rules on their people that they themselves don't abide by.

Nothing criminally wrong (morally is another matter) with the sultan of a neighbouring country sleeping around (or so it is reported), but what is wrong is that he has a double standard and punishes his people for the same thing.

Same here. It's like drinking wine as you come up with arguments for hudud to repress and control the people.

Worse still, Jakim is directly under Najib. So they have one standard for their master and a different one for the rest of us? Is that the true teaching of Islam?

Also, the PM's Department, via Jakim, just put out entertainment guidelines for ordinary Malaysians. Do they apply to the prime minister?

One more thing - was alcohol served at the wedding? Hope one of the cybertroopers can answer.

Five speed: it's about celebration and culture. Nothing wrong for Najib to dance at his daughter's wedding.

Basically: There is nothing wrong with being ridiculously extravagant. After all, the Shah of Iran did it. He held a huge party with all the international celebrities while the Iranians were starving. Hmm… didn't end very well, though.

Flycatcher: Now it is Najib’s turn and the same strategy is being applied. Bring down Najib by discrediting those around him - his wife, his stepson, and all those others.

If this strategy worked in the effort to bring down former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi or Pak Lah, then you might as well use this same strategy to bring down Najib. Hence, Najib’s family and friends are now the target of character assassination.

Bakun Dam: So why is this news? It is normal for people to be happy and dance at weddings. Just because Najib is PM does not mean he cannot have fun.

What we should question is from where he got all the millions to spend on such a lavish wedding when his salary does not commensurate with his expenses? His dancing at his daughter's wedding is his personal life.

Dr Suresh Kumar: A father dancing in celebration of his own daughter's wedding reception also becomes an issue now, but Anwar gyrating to Tamil songs on stage during election time is not an issue. Sigh.

Kipas Lipas: What is wrong for the father to dance in celebration of his daughter's wedding reception? Please don't politicise every issue, folks. Say no to gutter politics.

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