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Malaysians Have Declared That New Defence Minister Mat Sabu Is Now A Meme Icon

Mat Sabu and LGE's bromance > Twilight.

By Samantha Khor — 14 May 2018, 04:42 PM

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Pakatan Harapan wasted no time in getting down to business after their GE14 win

Among many things announced in the past few days, Amanah president Haji Mohamad bin Sabu a.k.a. Mat Sabu was unveiled as the country's new Defence Minister... much to Malaysians' delight.

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Malaysians were especially tickled pink that the "cute" politician will be overseeing national security. So much so that netizens began congratulating him with memes and Photoshop battles:

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Image via Facebook

In case you're wondering, the caption above says: "Being cute is not a crime."

Check out the best ones we came across on the interwebs:

1. He may not have much experience, but it's nothing Photoshop can't fix

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Image via Facebook

2. If all else fails, he'll scare enemies off with his fiery speeches

3. Or he'd probably just throw his cap at them, nbd

Check out that Spider-Man cameo, lol. 

4. Mat Sabu stacking up chairs so he doesn't have to stand when giving a speech is such a mood

5. Even Mark Zuckerberg took a leaf out of Mat Sabu's book

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6. And then there's his epic bromance with Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng

7. Still a better love story than Twilight

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Image via Facebook

8. FUN FACT: According to Lim Guan Eng, Mat Sabu makes a killer curry fish head.

9. Over on Snapchat, the young ones think Mat Sabu is "precious" when he smiles

10. Meanwhile, a former minister is experiencing major FOMO

11. A meme compilation is not complete until you wrap it up with the Avengers. Yep, that's Mat Sabu as the Hulk.

12. TL;DR...

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BONUS: Malaysians are also sharing this photo of Mat Sabu sleeping on the road during the 2015 Bersih rally.

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Image via Facebook

... And this video of Mat Sabu explaining 1MDB in a ceramah

Mat Sabu got the portfolio of Ministry of Defence. Just to share, this is the video clip I used in my digital campaigns to explain to the rural Malays about 1MDB. Tony Pua might have done a much better job with us urbanites but to the rural folks, this guy deserves a huge credit! Salute, Mr Defence Minister.

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Want a break from post-GE14 news? Check out more memes Malaysians came up with, this time about Dr. M's now iconic Council of Elders:

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