By : STEVEN PATRICK
THE CONTROVERSIAL song,
Harapan Bangsa, that got Jaclyn Victor into hot soup with Perkasa was actually
recorded in 2007 for a Christian compilation album, Jubilee.
The song that she sang in
Malay, caused a stir recently when it was uploaded on YouTube by a user, with
Christian imagery accompanying it.
Malay rights group, Perkasa,
is calling for a blanket boycott of 2004 Malaysian Idol winner Jaclyn as it
claims the song is an insult to Islam.
The uploader calls herself
Kathryn Barry onYouTube. On the site, Kathryn said that she had created the
video to "share this beautiful and meaningful song about Malaysia and
Jesus."
There were no images of
Jaclyn performing or recording the song in the video at press time. The video
has received close to 43,000 views at press time.
The lyrics to Harapan Bangsa
was written by Pastor Matthew G Singh, while the music was composed by
churchgoer Teh Ju Ping.
The song was taken from the
compilation album titled Jubilee which was distributed in churches in Sabah
& Sarawak for non-commercial purposes, according to her.The album also
features contributions from Akademi Fantasia 1 winner Vince and Juwita Suwito.
Jaclyn, 33, told MStar she
sang the song in Bahasa Malaysia not to spread Christianity but as a dedication
to the existing Christians in Sabah and Sarawak, as the majority of them are
more fluent in Bahasa Malaysia. She would not comment any further on the issue.
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