S'pore actor Aaron Aziz to take legal action in Malaysia

Malaysia-based Singaporean actor Aaron Aziz is taking legal action after his comments on Gaza, which were taken out of context, generated controversy among netizens and led to him being cyber-bullied.

- Eddino Abdul Hadi

In a social media video posted in early October that has since been taken down, Malaysian content creator Sharina Richie shared an edited clip of Aaron saying in an interview that it was hypocritical to only talk about the humanitarian crisis in Palestine without taking any concrete action.

It also insinuated that Aaron was critical of the Global Sumud Flotilla humanitarian mission, which aimed to break Israel's siege of Gaza from August to October and included 23 Malaysian volunteers.

The post drew instant backlash against the actor, with some netizens calling for him to go back to Singapore and saying that he is not worthy of the title of Datuk, an honorific conferred on him by the Sultan of Pahang in 2017.