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| March 26, 2008 | |
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Idol worship
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| 'Could not the effects of the items produced, in this instance regarding Mas Selamat, lead to the reverse effect of hero worship among some of our youth?'
MR CHUA SHENG YANG, on the proliferation of souvenirs such as T-shirts, bearing the likeness of escaped terrorist detainee Mas Selamat. He noted that one of the youths involved mentioned 'being inspired by the late Che Guevara, the famed (or infamous) Marxist revolutionary' and wondered if the souvenirs could inadvertently result in hero worship of the escapee. | |
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