Over the past few days, Malaysians have been up in arms over the now-infamous “chicken bones prank” that was carried by a group of content creators.
Now, the homeless man who was caught up in all of the drama has broken his silence over the matter and presented his side of the story.
Was approached by 5 people
Speaking to a reporter from China Press, the homeless man named Dennis said he was born in Perak and raised in Johor.
He later began living on the streets of downtown Johor Bahru about a year ago and currently resides outside Merlin Tower.
When asked to recount the “chicken bones prank”, Dennis said he was sleeping when five young men approached him, with one of them handing him a packet of rice and asked him to open it.
At the time, I didn’t understand their intentions. I thought they were giving me food, so I opened it and saw it was rice, but there were lots of chicken bones mixed in too.”
He added out of the five individuals, three of them appeared to be the “main characters”, while the other two were in charge of filming the incident.
‘I’m still grateful for the food’
Despite what many saw as an extremely cruel and heartless prank, Dennis said he bore no grudges against the content creators who gave him the chicken bones.
“I’m always grateful to anyone who gives me food and I don’t mind what kind of food it is. Accepting food from the public is my job, after all,” he joked.
Dennis also revealed the content creators later returned to apologise, and that he told them he didn’t mind and never blamed them, adding he had come to see them as “brothers”.
He said police came to ask him questions about the prank on Tuesday night (Aug 5) and he had explained to them what transpired.
What happened so far
Following massive backlash over the prank, one of the content creators made a video of him apologising and claimed that it was staged.
However, officers from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) came for them and recorded statements from those who were involved.
If convicted under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 [Act 588], they face a RM500,000 fine, two years in jail, or both.
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