A food delivery rider waits at a traffic junction in front of Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Twin Towers. Photo: AP A food delivery rider waits at a traffic junction in front of Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Twin Towers. Photo: AP
A food delivery rider waits at a traffic junction in front of Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Twin Towers. Photo: AP
This Week in Asia /  Politics

‘Listen here, you idiot’: #SiBodohKauDengarSini trends on Twitter in Malaysia amid coronavirus lockdown frustration

  • The hashtag has been the country’s top-trending topic for two days after striking a chord with hungry, angry Malaysians
  • It was triggered by difficulties ordering food, but is now being used to articulate dissatisfaction over the Muhyiddin administration’s handling of the pandemic

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Amy Chew
Amy Chew

Updated: 1:00am, 20 Jan, 2021

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A food delivery rider waits at a traffic junction in front of Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Twin Towers. Photo: AP A food delivery rider waits at a traffic junction in front of Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Twin Towers. Photo: AP
A food delivery rider waits at a traffic junction in front of Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Twin Towers. Photo: AP
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