Utusan Malaysia’s Awang Selamat has told the Umno-owned paper to stop taking the airline’s ads until its sister company’s chief executive apologises for criticising the broadsheet’s racist piece – reported in the Malaysianinsider on 19th May.
So, no apology, no Air Asia ads in Utusan?
Here’s the deal, Tony.
No more Air Asia ads in Utusan and I continue to fly Air Asia.
Can we support this, folks?
As part of a HARTAL Utusan campaign?
In fact, shall we start to target the advertisers in Utusan?
Have your say on this.
The People's Parliament 
An ex- reader
May 22, 2013
That monster party was arrogant enough to turn people off, now even its mouthpiece paper also behave so arrogant !
wandererAUS
May 22, 2013
Tony, you still have a strong 52% Malaysians willing to take AirAsia for their travel needs…tell these UMNO arse wipers go and play marbles! Use your savings from not advertising in the shit papers to give the public more promotional flights….then, your slogan, “Everyone now can fly” into reality.
Brian
May 22, 2013
Haris if you can institute a “HARTEL” of not only utasan but other BN pro business it would be great. I say you to lead it because led by a Malay will give credibility. It would also be good if the participants are not restricted to non Malays but participated by MALAYSIANS.
The Star could be a close 2nd.
see you on Sat at Amcorp.
Voter Wan Abdullah
May 22, 2013
Yes we will say NO to Air Asia if they still advertise in Utusex. Well we have alternative of Lion air & Malindo Air giving A.A a run for the money.
Say NO to A.Asia if they advertise in Utusex or even apologise to them.
Frankie
May 22, 2013
Let us know who advertise in Utusan, we will buy them last.
JuliOoi
May 22, 2013
Yes, time for Hartal 2013 where good citizens boycott the businesses of BN cronies.
ps.rajendran
May 22, 2013
i agree we will still fly air asia,tell them to fly kites.either they are stupid or ignorant,utusan is a racial paper boycott the paper.
Sam
May 22, 2013
I don’t read Utusan. If someone could list out the big-time advertisers, we could narrow it down to one or two “boycottable” ones. Then we could pass the word around and JOINTLY go for a 3 to 6 month sustained boycott.
josephine Chan
May 22, 2013
What goes around comes around!
Indran Maniam
May 22, 2013
I am with you on this, Haris. Time to boycott the advertisers in Utusan too.
Yuit
May 22, 2013
Won’t be caught dead carrying the paper; people surely think I’m stupid!
Naksam
May 26, 2013
Right on
abb
May 22, 2013
azran
will fly air-x coz of u.
mas-too bad. you bed with utusan
Yong Yek Ming
May 22, 2013
YES, we target whoever advertise in UTUSAN. Anyone who advertise in UTUSAN will be BOYCOTt
S. Menon
May 22, 2013
Haris, can you draft a short and sweet letter saying that we will all support AirAsia if they do not give in to Utusan? Then, we can all cut and paste the message and send it to him at: tony@tonyfernandesblog.com:
S. Menon
May 22, 2013
Just got this from Malaysian Insider: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is scheduled to deliver the opening address at the landmark global gathering Women Deliver 2013 Conference at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) here, next Tuesday.
What say we form a small picket at the entrance of the gathering? Black shirts and all!
dano
May 22, 2013
Yes boycott advertisers that support MSM.
Daniel
May 22, 2013
My pledge that if AA do not advertise on Utusan Mampos, AA will be my first choice of airline.
Similarly if AA ads appear on Utusan Mampos again, I will boycott AA. But Haris or someone else need to inform us on this blog if this happened as I don’t read the toilet paper at all.
My right hand is up when typing this message. I am typing using my left thumb!
bryan wong
May 22, 2013
a flash mob gathered outside UTUSAN’s office carrying placards promoting Air Asia will be a humorous slap on the face for the idiots working there.
bryan wong
May 22, 2013
negative publicity is always a turn off for potential advertisers, no need to make boycott threats but very subtle allegories to those who place adds at utusan may be associated with their racist stand and risk the ire of the public.no body wants bad business.soap nor shampoo companies.
Bumi Semua Manusia
May 23, 2013
Hartal! For a newspaper who keep on losing legal battles and still not scared of doing the things they do, they definitely know God is on their side!
Mustafa
May 23, 2013
Utusan represent the mentality of UMNO members and leaders.I just wonder how UMNO going to manage the multiracial country like Malaysia.
No wonder,when Lee Kuan Yew,won the election in Singapore,the first theing he did was to close Utusan Melayu operation in Singapore and to ban the Utusan in Singapore until day.
Singapore prosper without Utusan.
CKoon
May 23, 2013
In fact, shall we start to target the advertisers in Utusan?
Agree! lets start with circulating a list of advertisers.
Who has a copy of Utusan?
Freddie Cheong
May 23, 2013
Good idea.
Richard Teo
May 23, 2013
Well done Haris. No more mainstream papers for me. Hope everyone can do the same. Thanks
sharin
May 23, 2013
**** u hartal,batu api sial…haris muka mcm sial laknat,muka tak ade cahaya islam,muka kafir,islam hanya pada nama n ic je…go n die la kurang skit dosa ko…
Sam
May 23, 2013
Sharin,
Apa kena mengena dengan “muka kafir” pulak? Ini saja ke yang yang kau dapat lafazkan sebagai tanda tidak sokong pada sesuatu cadangan yang tidak sehaluan? Very revealing about the substance of your character.
莉娜安芝
May 23, 2013
Please compile a list of the big corps that advertise in Utusan.
YNWA
May 23, 2013
Utusan advertisers on 22nd May:
Cebu Pacific Air.com
TH Travel & Services
Aeon
Leon Fuat Berhad
Gemilang Travel & Tours
Food Instituit Malaysia
Bank Islam
gunse
May 23, 2013
Harris,
Dont forget…. Air Asia brought in those phantoms from Sabah to KLIA…. remember those emails…
I can support the CEO of Air Asia X only in personal capability…. I am boycotting Air Asia and Tony Fernandez as well
TTo others, i suggest Hartal… boikot Stesen minyak PETRON and downgrade your Astro to basic or remove it if can…. same goes for TheStar , NST and Utusan… not forgetting TV3…
Rahman Hyder
May 23, 2013
right … i have a feeling that this fracas is a smokescreen to make us forget air asia’s role in stealing the elections …
Daimler Altschuh
May 23, 2013
How about that stupid bread/bakery shop owned by that toon?
Daimler Altschuh
May 23, 2013
Or Mydin shop?
anrashid
May 23, 2013
Boycott UTUSAN!!
It is a RACIST and UN-MALAYSIAN trash newspaper, fit for public toilets!!
zorro
May 23, 2013
As Kadir Jasin told me at one of our 2007 forums: Buy MSM if you have to housetrain your cats!
Invictus
May 23, 2013
Having had cats for much of the past decades, I have to concur with Kadir Jasin. Pay attention now, people, while I give you the benefit of my vast experience. Utusan, because of its thin paper quality, is ideal for soaking up the pee of recalcitrant kittens. Now, when the newsagents down the road run out of Utusan (which invariably happens when a salacious sex/sodomy/tangkap basah case is being reported), I find the New Straits Times to be a fairly good alternative. The pee doesn’t soak in quite as well, but it does last a bit longer before you have to throw the paper away. As for the other member of the Unholy MSM Trinity, I can testify that The Star, with its thicker, glossier quality, lends itself to scooping of poop really well.
Taipan
May 23, 2013
Tony may soon have to change his slogan to: “Now, Not Everyone will Fly!”
judsontgl
May 23, 2013
Yes, we fly Air Asia , Utusan u go fly kites!!!
ang yew hock
May 23, 2013
somebody got to take drastic action in times of desperation. this is a free country. hope we live in it forever.
Steve
May 23, 2013
Stop rascism, restore basic sanity.
dOPE
May 23, 2013
Now only non Bumis can fly ! Should be the new AA slogan.
wandererAUS
May 23, 2013
GST will soon be introduced…so no need to fly! Save your money and spend it on non UMNO establishments. It is not cheap to fly AirAsia anymore…don’t be coned by these budget airlines anymore….they are big cheats!! I rather pay more and fcuk the hazzle!!!
yunos othman
May 23, 2013
u can say your piece but show some respect to the flag…showing it upside down is down right rude…
Adam Yahya
May 23, 2013
BN or PR sama saja….
Paul Warren
May 23, 2013
I have always maintained that when you advertise on any platform you support that platform’s position. The last time I looked Utusan seemed to carry only government advertisements and one or two housing developers in rural areas. Obviuoly only if you sanction Utusan’s opinions and messages do you advertise in it. So if Air Asia had previously advertised there, it directly is telling the readers that it also sanctions the message and the opinions.
abdullah37
May 23, 2013
IF UTUSAN’S SUPPORTERS DO NOT WANT TO FLY AIR ASIA PLEASESK HEM TO FLY KITE.
baronvonchesto
May 23, 2013
agreed. But shouldnt we also be boycotting Air Asia for flying bangla voters??
Vanaja
May 24, 2013
Harris, please start an online pledge for readers to sign – boycott all msm newspapers.