RAIS DENIES RIPPING OFF INDONESIAN SONG





KUALA LUMPUR : Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim has denied a foreign blogger's claims that a 2012 National Day thesis strain is strikingly similar in balance with a 2008 Indonesian song, observant yesterday Putrajaya would not demur to find legal movement over such allegations.

The unknown Indonesian blogger had claimed a tune of a "Janji Ditepati" strain was similar to "Serukan NamaNya" (Call out His name) by Jakarta-based Christian rope True Worshippers.
"We completely refute a blogger's allegation as well as will find legal redress if he fails to justify what he alleged," Rais (picture) told a New Straits Times in a text summary yesterday.

The information, communications as well as culture apportion additionally condemned multiform members of a antithesis for regulating a allegation to take a further appropriate at a strain "Janji Ditepati".

"They (the opposition) crop up to be enchanting in a rushed poor ploy around a allegation," he said.

The Indonesian blogger had pronounced upon Monday that a composers of a National Day thesis strain had plagiarised from a Christian spiritual song, sparking online controversy.

Rais penned a lyrics for "Janji Ditepati", that was stoical by Jasnie Mohd Yaakub.with dual other composers, Arman E Six as well as Aye. Jasnie has denied a similarity of a strain with a Indonesian gospel song.

"This strain is not finalised yet. We work upon a strain th! eatre by theatre until a last stage. If you have been authorized for a last stage, then you will finalise it. The impulse of a strain came all of a sudden, (we) did not follow any songs," Jasnie told a media conference that was additionally attended by Arman as well as Aye at a Erama records domicile here yesterday.

Rais took to Twitter 3 days ago to ask a public what they suspicion of a song.

"What have been your views upon a Janji Ditepati song? On YouTube, there have been more than 140,000 views. But there have been those who have additionally since it a thumbs-down," he tweeted.

The debate is a ultimate in a series of disputes between Indonesia as well as Malaysia upon a tenure of cultural assets. - Sabahkini
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