Netizens raise stink over celebrity’s KLIA ‘durian stunt’

Celebrity entrepreneur Aliff Syukri criticised over FB post showing durian feast on the floor in the international airport before flight to Auckland, with many saying he lacked manners.

PETALING JAYA: Local celebrity entrepreneur Aliff Syukri has received brickbats on social media for a recent posting on Facebook showing a photo of his family eating durians while seated on the floor” at  KLIA, before a flight to “Auckland, Swezeland”.

“Seblum terbang di Auckland swezeland..kami sekluarga lepaskan gian makan durian musang king dulu di KLIA….maklumlah kami orang kampung mmg stail begini.. Nasib baik x kena tegur dengan pengawai klia…Korang pernah mcm ni jugak ke??” Aliff wrote in the Facebook post.

(“Before flying to Auckland, Swezeland…we’re eating Musang King durians together as a family in KLIA…we’re definitely village people, this is how we do it…Good thing we weren’t scolded by KLIA’s staff…Have any of you been like this too?”)

Netizens chided Aliff for his lack of manners and consideration, besides mocking his use of “Auckland, Swezeland”.

“If you’re going to eat while squatting at KLIA, do so as long as nobody’s chasing you away, because it’s up to the individual to show his stupidity, right?” commented Facebook user Farah Harith sarcastically.

“I am not here to talk about the fruit you eat or where you eat it, but I am more interested to know in just which corner of the world is this ‘Auckland, Swezeland’?” Farah added.

Another commenter, Suria Lekatlekit, commented that it was a good thing that it was a rich man eating durian, as an ordinary person would have been chased off by the staff.

“Consider where you are. There are many tables and chairs for you to use. It’s a different story if you’re sitting by the beach,” wrote Rahim Longin.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re a village person, you still have to have manners. Completely disrespectful,” wrote Muhammad Nadzmi Naim, recognising the presence of restaurants in the vicinity.

Facebook user Kharol S Love N said that eating durian in an air-conditioned space was possibly disrespectful to the other people in the area, as some people cannot stand the smell of durian.

“You have to consider the situation as well. It’s not just Malaysians at the airport. Some people can get queasy from the smell of durian…all the more so when they’re just about to get on their flights,” he wrote.

Kharol added that he had friends who had blacked out from the smell.

“Those who say that there is no such thing clearly just haven’t experienced ‘mabuk durian’ (‘durian drunk’).”