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The Malaysia Pavilion has a bamboo facade that features a pattern of interwoven ‘ribbons’, evoking the songket, according to the Osaka Expo organiser. (Expo 2025 pic)
BOMBSHELL: Govt accused of stealing ideas
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Ministry probes claim of stealing ideas for World Expo pavilion
The investment, trade and industry ministry says it reserves all its legal rights in the matter.
The Malaysian pavilion has a bamboo facade that features a pattern of interwoven ‘ribbons’, evoking the songket, according to the Osaka Expo organiser. (Expo 2025 pic)
PETALING JAYA: The investment, trade and industry ministry is conducting an internal investigation after an Instagram user accused it of using his company’s designs for the Malaysian pavilion at the Osaka World Expo in Japan without payment or credit.
The ministry said it takes the allegation seriously and reserves all its legal rights in the matter.
“The ministry remains committed to the highest standards of integrity and compliance in all its dealings.
“We will take legal action if and when necessary,” it said in a statement today.
Yesterday, in an Instagram post, user @feythehuman claimed his company was engaged by the ministry in 2022 to develop the concept, theme and architectural direction for the Malaysian pavilion.
He said a proposal was presented to key stakeholders, including the minister, Tengku Zafrul Aziz, and the company was later repeatedly assured that it would be formally appointed for the project.
However, he said the company was told in January 2023 that the appointment would not proceed and that the ministry wanted to open a tender.
The Instagram user claimed the current concept, theme, narrative and architectural direction being used for the pavilion “are the ones we developed” and “appropriated without acknowledgement or compensation”.
He claimed his company was given the runaround in the past two years when it tried to get its work acknowledged and fairly compensated.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 26, 2025: The Ministry of investment, trade and industry (MITI - also read as the federal government) has been accused of stealing ideas for its pavilion at the Osaka World Expo in Japan without payment or credit.
The allegation is serious as it undermines the credibility of the federal government.
MITI or the Government must investigate and take action against those who have tarnished the credibility of the Government.
If the allegations are false, then action must also be taken against the person who made the damning allegations.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news report on the allegation that the Government stole ideas for the pavilion:
Ministry accused of stealing ideas for pavilion at World Expo
An Instagram user alleges that the investment, trade and industry ministry appropriated his company’s creative proposal without acknowledgement or compensation.
The Malaysia Pavilion has a bamboo facade that features a pattern of interwoven ‘ribbons’, evoking the songket, according to the Osaka Expo organiser. (Expo 2025 pic)
PETALING JAYA: An Instagram user has accused the government of using his company’s designs for the Malaysian pavilion at the Osaka World Expo in Japan without payment or credit.
The user, “Feythehuman”, claimed that his company was engaged by the investment, trade and industry ministry in 2022 to develop the concept, theme, and architectural direction for the Malaysian pavilion.
He said a proposal was presented to key stakeholders, including the minister, Tengku Zafrul Aziz, and the company was later repeatedly assured that it would be formally appointed for the project.
However, it was told in January 2023 that the appointment would not proceed and that the ministry wanted to open a tender, he wrote in his post.
FMT has sought a response from an aide to Tengku Zafrul and from the investment, trade and industry ministry.
The Instagram user said the current concept, theme, narrative and architectural direction being used for the pavilion “are the ones we developed” and was appropriated without acknowledgement or compensation.
He claimed that his company was given the runaround in the past two years when it tried to get its work acknowledged and fairly compensated.
He also said his company was advised to stay silent over the alleged appropriation to not jeopardise future opportunities. “But what’s the point of future work if it’s built on silence, exploitation, and fear?” he said.
“We shouldn’t have to beg to be paid for work that was done, used, and publicly presented. Payment isn’t a favour, it’s the bare minimum,” he said. “The fact that we even have to fight for it speaks volumes about how little respect they have for the people who actually do the work.”
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