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title: "‘Wished Anwar Was Onboard’ — M’sian Man Makes Rude Remark About Elmina Plane Crash, Angers Netizens"
url: https://weirdkaya.com/elmina-plane-crash-anwar/
date: 2023-08-18
modified: 2023-08-18
lang: en
author: "Sarah Yeoh"
description: "Yesterday, Malaysians were left shellshocked and horrified after a light aircraft crashed and burned on the Guthrie Highway near Elmina in Shah Alam. As a result of the accident, all..."
categories:
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  - "#Trending"
  - "Anwar Ibrahim"
  - "Elmina plane crash"
  - "Malaysia"
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# ‘Wished Anwar Was Onboard’ — M’sian Man Makes Rude Remark About Elmina Plane Crash, Angers Netizens

##### Yesterday, Malaysians were left shellshocked and horrified after a light aircraft crashed and burned on the Guthrie Highway near Elmina in Shah Alam.

As a result of the accident, all eight passengers onboard the plane were killed, including Pahang executive councillor Johari Harun. A driver and a motorcyclist also lost their lives after they were hit by the falling plane.

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/screenshot-2023-08-18-100200.png)Screenshot via [Twitter/@qamahl](https://twitter.com/qamahl/status/1692069463125000305)

As the families of the victims mourn their loss, one netizen instead chose to make an underhand remark about Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, which was triggered massive backlash online.

## 'Wished Anwar was onboard'

In a [tweet](https://twitter.com/najib_bakar_/status/1692166668833968563) shared by user @najib_bakar, it featured a screenshot of a comment left by a netizen regarding the Elmina plane crash.

Instead of asking about the victims' wellbeing following the crash, he instead chose to make a distasteful remark about Anwar.

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/ladpgtdikizwkrtnat3nahw-540-733.jpg)Photo via [Twitter/@najib_bakar](https://twitter.com/najib_bakar_/status/1692166668833968563)

> **Thought it was Anwar (onboard the plane). Imagine how beautiful it would be if he was inside the plane.**

Needless to say, his remark didn't sit well with netizens, who bashed him for exploiting the tragedy and having no shred of empathy at all.

***'Don't you feel guilty when you pray (for harm) upon others like this? Hope the police will come pick him up and teach him a lesson.'***

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/ladpgsh3mknutsrnawbnau4-750-358.jpg)*Photo via *[Twitter/@najib_bakar](https://twitter.com/najib_bakar_/status/1692166668833968563)

***'PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police), please arrest him.'***

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/ladpgto6qeg6ipnmmm0c7g-750-152.jpg)*Photo via *[Twitter/@najib_bakar](https://twitter.com/najib_bakar_/status/1692166668833968563)

Another sarcastically commented that the man would probably claim that his account was hacked and that he wasn't the one who wrote the comment.

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/ladpgtrvpytlio7mxm0c7a-748-196.jpg)*Photo via *[Twitter/@najib_bakar](https://twitter.com/najib_bakar_/status/1692166668833968563)

## Apologises for rude remark

Not long after the comment went viral, the man took to his personal Facebook account to apologise for making the rude remark.

**"*Assalamuallaikum*. I apologise to those who were offended by my comment. Please forgive me. Thank you."**

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/ladpgt5jjdaycndnatfnaus-747-727.jpg)Screenshot via FB

*While we all may have our own political biases and opinions, it's never right to express them by wishing harm on politicians that we may not be fans of. *

*We also would like to send our condolences to those who lost their loved ones in the crash. RIP.*

##### Read about the crash here:

https://weirdkaya.com/aircraft-crashes-at-elmina-in-shah-alam-10-killed/

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