Malaysia seeks Interpol help to track U.S. comedian over MH370 joke

Yeah, that ain’t gonna happen.

I guess it’s not such a bad thing after all at the United States Empire, with all its flaws, is on the right side of at least one issue.

Jesus they need to get over themselves. I think Interpol has probably more pressing matters.,.

People are going to tell jokes. Some are funny to some people: some aren't. That's as deep as this story is.

What we can't allow is Governments trying to limit what we can and can't say.

I have seen that most of these 'sinkies' are arrogant about their first world status when they need folks from the third world to run their country - from collecting garbage, working at construction sites and building their MRTs to running their banks, their hospitals and even their wealth management offices which accept illicit wealth from the same third world countries that they cock a snook at.

For a small country, a little red dot of a few million people their arrogance sure makes it seem that they were entitled to their first world status when SG was already a thriving commercial port since the time of Sir Stamford Raffles.

Try making a joke on LKY or LHL and this Jocelyn Chia will be bankrupt at the hands of the government controlled courts before she blinks.

Bumiputera Malaysians do tend to have a big chip on their collective shoulders.

I guess it’s not such a bad thing after all at the United States Empire, with all its flaws, is on the right side of at least one issue.

True that. Considering that the US gave asylum to Amos Yee, who had expressed opinions about LKY that didn't go down well with the PAP government.

It's a different matter that the federal government opposed the granting of asylum. Also a different matter that Amos Yee is now in jail because of his own shenanigans.

There are such things called "Freedom of political/artistic/religious expression" and "Freedom of speech". Which is obviously Malaysia has no idea of!!! That makes it a dictatorship! Not a country I would ever want to visit!!!

If we go by the logic of the keyboard warriors here it’s perfectly fine to joke about holocaust?jews?

@banger.....I'm guessing you don't watch a lot of stand up comedy?

banger - no, it's not perfectly fine. It's actually pretty awful, but in my country at least, there isn't a damn thing the government can do about it.

I don't blame Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock... Comedians can be so rude.

Ms Chia surely had no future in a competitive Singapore. So insulting people is the only way to be famous.

Ms Chia surely had no future in a competitive Singapore

Well, she's American so

joke about jews?

Ilhan Omar did just that but she is still the Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district. She did give a token apology though and all was well.

Now if someone makes a joke on one particular religion, in contrast, they are threatened with having their heads cut off without any protest from its billion plus adherents. The concept of free speech seems alien to many cultures therefore.

Well, she's American so

@UChose. She was born in the US. Naturally became an American. In reality she's Singaporean. Singaporean parents, Singaporean roots.

She was born in the US. Naturally became an American.

That's an American.

She touched a raw nerve in Malaysia about Singapore's development separated from Malaysia. And Singapore tends to be ultra-sensitive about upsetting its relatively huge neighbours. As it has to be, not least because so much of its food comes from there. But, in reality, Chinese Singaporeans tend to look down on the others and, for such an ideologically multicultural society, there is not much mixing.

spoke in the US - so no one has the right NOT to be offended.

what a joke wasting interpol resources...get over it precious. malaysians are usually a pretty chill bunch...but their government going this far...wtf

In reality she's Singaporean. Singaporean parents, Singaporean roots.

And Singaporean arrogance.

Probably a Singlish accent also, along with the kiasu mentality.

I guess it’s not such a bad thing after all at the United States Empire, with all its flaws, is on the right side of at least one issue.

We're on the right side of many issues, or at least every one the dictatorship cabal of Russia and China takes a swing at.

 Russia and China takes a swing at.

and yet they'll still accuse the US of trying to 'smear' china etc...

"If we go by the logic of the keyboard warriors here it’s perfectly fine to joke about holocaust?jews?"

Perfectly fine? No...Distasteful, yes, but perfectly legal, unless you live in a police state

banger...

If we go by the logic of the keyboard warriors here it’s perfectly fine to joke about holocaust?jews?

yes, sure. If they are funny. If the joke is about the suffering of the Jews in the holocaust they are unlikely to have much humor but I could lead you to several well know Jewish comedians who make both Jew and holocaust jokes.

The Joke about Malaysian air was not very funny but Malaysia would be better spending their time assessing their pilots for suicidal tendencies rather than chasing failed comics.

In the United States we have freedom of speech, not freedom to be political correct. Malaysia can bite me.

If Interpol does get involved, what criminal activity are they acting on?

I guess it would fall under hate speech, but someone here will know the law better than I.

The joke wasn’t that offensive.

Malaysia: We demand that Interpol track down this comedian!

Interpol: On what grounds?

Malaysia: Very sensitive feelings.

Very sad topic to use in a comedy bit. But also sad that Malaysia list it as a crime when so much else goes on there.

Ghastly country that oppresses it’s people in a beastly way, Imagine living in a hell hole like that.

Malaysia is confused. They want to be more like China? Trying to enforce their laws on other countries with zero leverage?

Jocelyn Chia told the joke during a set at the Comedy Cellar in New York City, reportedly in April, as she riffed on the historically testy relationship between Malaysia and Singapore, where she was raised.

So, someone who isn't a citizen of Malaysia told a joke in a different country where freedom of speech, even distasteful speech is legal. If I quote the exact same joke and post it online, it is legal.

They would have been better off ignoring the joke. And, if they must, wait for the comedian to arrive in their country, then quietly arrest her.

If we go by the logic of the keyboard warriors here it’s perfectly fine to joke about holocaust?jews?

Depends on the context, but "fine" and "illegal" are very different issues. "Fine" or not is determined by the audience. Illegal means police will detain someone.

Jokes in bad taste are still bad taste, but nobody should be arrested over it. Just like drawing a cartoon of Xi or Mohamed might be in bad taste, but it is perfectly legal most places in the world. I've seen some funny Xi cartoons - one had me fall out of the chair. Think it was from China, so the person who drewe it, literally risked their life.

This strikes me as an abuse of Interpol, but the danger for Jocelyn Chia is if she travels abroad. Some nations might want to honor Malaysia's request for her arrest and she won't know this until she is taken aside and arrested. Now she becomes a bit of a prisoner, albeit confined the the US. It's a crappy thing for Malay, cough cough, "leadership" to do and shows them to be thin skinned and immature.