Malaysia's organizer mistakenly turned the Indonesian flag on the souvenir guide up and down, turning it into the Polish flag, which aroused strong dissatisfaction in Indonesia. The host of the 29th Southeast Asian Games, Malaysia, was incorrectly turned the Indonesian flag on th

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Malaysia's organizer mistakenly turned the Indonesian flag on the souvenir guide up and down, turning it into the Polish flag, which aroused strong dissatisfaction in Indonesia. The host of the 29th Southeast Asian Games, Malaysia, was incorrectly turned the Indonesian flag on th - DayDayNews

The picture shows the correct Indonesian flag (picture from: Associated Press)

Malaysia's organizer mistakenly turned the Indonesian flag on the souvenir guide up and down, turning it into the Polish flag, which aroused strong dissatisfaction in Indonesia. The host of the 29th Southeast Asian Games, Malaysia, was incorrectly turned the Indonesian flag on th - DayDayNews

Malaysia organizer mistakenly turned the Indonesian flag on the souvenir guide (right) upside down, turning it into the Polish flag, which aroused strong dissatisfaction in Indonesia.

The host of the 29th Southeast Asian Games (Southeast Asian Games), Malaysia, was incorrectly turned the Indonesian flag on the souvenir guide up and down, turning it into the Polish flag, which aroused strong dissatisfaction in Indonesia.

The Associated Press and Asia News Channel (Channel News Asia) reported that Indonesia's "red on white" national flag was printed as the "white on red on red on" Polish flag, which aroused Indonesia's anger, and the "#shame on you malaysia" on Indonesia's Twitter became the most popular tag.

Indonesian Olympic Committee Chairman Erick Thohir said the error "showed (Malaysia's) negligence" and asked the organizers to retrieve the guide and reprint the correct new version.

Indonesia seems to be particularly offended because in the guide sent by the organizer to VIP at the opening ceremony of this Games, only the Indonesian national flag was printed incorrectly. The opening ceremony was held in , Kuala Lumpur, , the capital of Malaysia.

Malaysia Southeast Asian Games Preparatory Committee said that the chairman of the preparatory committee and the Malaysian Sports Minister will meet in person with Indonesian Youth and Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi to apologize.

The preparatory committee stated in a statement: "We are very sorry for this mistake."

Malaysia and Indonesia are both countries with the majority Muslim population. The two countries have similar languages, but they often accuse each other of stealing their own food and culture.

After the end of World War II, Malaysia left the British Empire, and the British Empire was officially established, and Indonesia strongly opposed this; at that time, Indonesia was an emerging country that had just left the Dutch colonization and Japan's brief occupation.

Indonesian netizens said on Twitter that their national flag represents the sacrifice and dedication of independent martyrs, accusing Malaysia of being either stupid or deliberately printing it wrong.

Source: Thailand World Daily

Original title: Indonesian flag changes Polish netizens scold Malaysia for being shameless

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