News: PAS Youth takes on K-pop, J-pop

KOTA BARU, Nov 18 — A motion tabled in the PAS muktamar today criticised the government for showering youth with what the party’s youth wing calls “excessive entertainment” instead of spending the public’s money on religious education.
“The Malaysian government tends to serve excessive entertainment towards the young generation through media channels ... (like) superstition, K-pop, J-pop, so much pop is shown,” said the motion, which was passed without a debate.
According to the PAS youth wing, such entertainment would distract youth away from a life of high morals and ethics.
To counter this, the youth wing proposed that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) prioritise education in the states they already rule, and also in the federal government if they win Putrajaya.

K-pop stands for pop music from South Korea, which is widely popular around the world, while J-pop stands for Japanese pop music.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports was criticised by conservative voices for allegedly spending RM2.04 billion to bring K-pop groups U-Kiss, Teen Top and Dal Shabet to its Himpunan Sejuta Belia (Gathering of Million Youths) in May this year.

J-pop artistes Shoko Nakagawa and Momoiro Clover Z were also present at the event.

For last year’s Himpunan, the ministry brought Super Junior M, the Mandopop (Mandarin pop music) offshoot of hugely popular K-pop group Super Junior.

PAS Youth has been a vocal objector to foreign musical acts performing in the country, which it regards as part of a hedonistic culture. Read More: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/pas-youth-takes-on-k-pop-j-pop