"Don't Mock Us" – Senator Files Police Report Against Youths Making Fun Of OKU In 2 Videos

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In a press conference today, 9 December, the OKU Sentral President said the two videos ridiculed the disabled community and belittled the difficulties they go through every day.

She advised the youths, who are out for fame when creating the videos, to find other topics to make fun of instead of picking on the OKU community.

"As a representative of the OKU community in Malaysia, on behalf of all the parents, children, guardians, doctors, nurses, and teachers who take care of us, I express sadness and disappointment with the missing morality in our society," she said.

"Looking for parking can be difficult. But my friend said that if you do this, you can always definitely find parking," said one of the boys in the video, while the camera pans to his friend pretending to walk with his arms and knees bent in an awkward manner.

The video has since been taken down with the TikTok user apologising for their behaviour. They said they did it only for content and did not actually park their car in an OKU lot.

"She said it was an OKU toilet, so [she did this]," read the caption, as one of the women, again, pretended to be disabled and shuffled out of the loo with bent knees and a limp.

After backlash on social media, the TikTok user has also since issued a public apology and claimed that they did not intend to mock the OKU community.

She said this is to fight the persisting poor perception and discrimination against OKU in the country.

"We all will be disabled one day. Don't ever make fun of us and mock us," she warned in a tweet published yesterday, 8 December.

"Don't misuse the facilities reserved for OKU. These facilities were made specially for our limitations, special needs, and safety," she also reminded.

The senator said the youths' actions may be held liable under Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955 for demonstrating insulting behaviour, as well as Section 233 under the Communication and Multimedia Act 1998 for disseminating offensive content.