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MP’s “Hitler” tweet over Germany win gets slammed

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In what would be a PR person's nightmare, Barisan Nasional MP Datuk Bung Moktar Radin has drawn international outcry with his tweet.Barisan Nasional MP Datuk Bung Moktar Radin has been making international headlines, with many offended by his celebratory tweet to Germany:https://twitter.com/MyKinabatangan/status/486623436052381697Several global news outlets have called out the MP for the offensive tweet, such as BBC, Daily Mail, The Washington Post and The Huffington Post.However, the Kinabatangan MP has defended his tweet.“I don’t know what’s wrong with people sometimes. Hitler is part of history and the German team fought like how he did,” he told The Star.“I think people nowadays should transform their mentality. Whatever I tweet people hit me. They are not hitting me because of Hitler, but because I am Bung Mokhtar,” he said.The tweet has since gone viral and Moktar has been hitting back at Twitter users on his Twitter account. 

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