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NTV7 controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2000

    “Bangsa Asing” remark on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

    During the Malay edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on 8 June 2000, host Jalaluddin Hassan referred to a Malaysian Chinese contestant as “bangsa asing,” or “foreigner,” after the contestant answered a question about a Malay film. The remark prompted viewer criticism and letters to the New Straits Times. NTV7 chief executive Shazalli Ramly later apologized to viewers in a statement dated 19 June.

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