Adabi gets 'punny' with latest sex scandal surrounding Malaysian minister
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Food production company Adabi Consumer Industries has decided to be cheeky by jumping on the recent buzz surroundingĀ the viral sex video allegedly featuring economic affairs minister Mohamed Azmin Ali and former government official Muhammad Haziq Abdul Aziz, to promote itsĀ serbuk kunyitĀ (tumeric powder).In a tweet which garneredĀ 16k retweets and 9.5k likes at the time of writing, Adabi posted a picture of a brown sofa with a white background and the sentence āSaya bersumpah, saya halalāĀ (I swear, I am halal). The caption also read "Kami āsumpahā serbuk kunyit kami halal" (We swear our tumeric powder is halal). For those who are unaware, Adabi did a word play on the Malay slangĀ kunyitĀ which also refers to homosexual men.Kami āsumpahā serbuk kunyit kami halal. ? #adabiraya2019 pic.twitter.com/ghD25DooXNā Adabi Consumer (@AdabiMY) June 13, 2019Earlier this week, Muhammad Haziq, who is a former government official, confessed in a video on Facebook that he was the man in the viral sex video and named the other individual as minister Azmin Ali. In his Facebook video,Ā Muhammad Haziq was seated on a brown sofa with a white wall in the background. According to multiple media reports, another second sex video has been released andĀ Muhammad Haziq has since been fired from his position.Most netizens were tickled by Adabi's post, with many commenting that they approved of the tweet and it was marketing done right. Other netizens also commented that the ad industry would be able to evolve if companies are given such opportunities to be creative. Meanwhile, a handful of netizens found the tweet offensive.I canāt believe this is coming from adabi ?ā p (@sofeanzri) June 13, 2019Tolong naikkan gaji staff yg bg idea niā Juhaina (@myJuhaina) June 13, 2019Aku approve adabi punya iklan hahahhahaā ThisIsFikriKun (@Fikri_Kun95) June 13, 2019I love this. Masa depan industri iklan negara akan berevolusi dengan kita memberi ruang dan peluang kepada idea kreatif macam ni.ā Faez Ne'Man (@EzNeman) June 14, 2019This is offensive.ā Animah Kosai (@SpeakUpAtWork) June 13, 2019This is not the first time Adabi has tickled consumers with its sense of humour. In June last year, itsĀ cheekily clarified on Facebook that its Sup BunjutĀ spice packetĀ is āblack magic freeā. This came after the spice packet was featured in TV3's dramaĀ Nur, which showed one of the charactersĀ accused another ofĀ casting a spell on members of the family by placing something in their food.Ā She then dug out an ingredient as proof of black magic, much to the amusement of the other family members, who pointed out that the ingredient she was holding came from the spice packet Sup Bunjut.
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