Cover image via Ratu Naga/Telegraph UK
It it a common knowledge that Malaysians have been greatly dissatisfied with the fact that the government has finally signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), forcing the nation to comply to complex trade laws of the long winded agreement
The deal which was signed on 4 February, involves the participation of 12 countries in various stages of development.
The 12 countries that signed the agreement are, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam.
The people of the participating countries have rejected it based on its very stringent laws that might not benefit all the participating nations.
Some of the issues that were raised are; intellectual property laws that would hike up the cost of medicine, trade laws that seeks to decrease the costs of setting up multinational companies to promote equality, and stricter internet laws that would put a dent on the internet freedom that we have been enjoying for the past decade.
Image via Mr Zine
While most people opted to more formal ways of protest, this Malaysian woman decided to put up a status on Facebook critisising Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for to be a TPPA nation.
If it's just a Facebook status, why the fuss over it?
Before delving further into the issue, here's a screenshot of Facebook user, Ratu Naga's status on TPPA:
Image via Facebook/Ratu Naga
The status which was posted on 6 October 2015, reads:
You are really a (insert profanity) if you sign the TPPA. You are an illegitimate child if you sign it (insert profanity)! Trying to get away with it! You are selling the country! What kind of a (insert profanity) are you? We Malaysians will curse your next seven generations!
Why didn't you discuss this issue in the parliament? 222 members of parliament were right there, including BN and PR! Talk about the people! Malaysia is bound to fall into the hands of colonialists again because there are 222 irresponsible MPs!
Her profanities filled 'complains' on TPPA, landed her in hot soup with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)
Syarul Ema Rena Abu Samah, 35, who goes by the name Ratu Naga on Facebook, was slapped with charge sheet under Section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (Act 588) and punishable under Section 233(3) of the same act.
The authorities only charged Ratu Naga on 26 January, more than three months after she posted the status on her Facebook page.
Syarul Ema Rena Abu Samah or better known as Ratu Naga
