And the latest person to irk netizens is local celebrity Neelofa.
The entrepreneur recently got married over the weekend at Grand Hyatt KL to Haris Ismail, or also known as PU Riz, in a lavish but controversial wedding.
But what surprised netizens was the fact that she and her husband flew to Langkawi on Monday (29 March), right after the wedding.
Honeymoon in Langkawi?
Netizens speculated that the couple was off for their honeymoon at St Regis Langkawi, which irked netizens as it meant that she obtained permission from the authorities to cross borders while 'normal' Malaysians are not allowed to do so.
Photos of her in the beautiful island surfaced on social media and Neelofa has kept mum about her trip.
Netizens were definitely unhappy with the news and they took to Twitter to express their frustration about the double standards treatment she's getting.
Neelofa and her PR failed to manipulate things. Suddenly the police and chatime statement come together. Isn’t that obvious to hide the fact? There’s so many outlet in KL itself, why Langkawi?
— ? Mira ? (@itskaytobeyou) March 30, 2021
Sedap eh bercuti kat Langkawi @neelofa? I haven’t seen my own family since October and I could’ve just gone but it’s not right. Enjoy your holidays and mohon mereput.
— Coqtin (@flakeyroticanai) March 30, 2021
i adore neelofa very much but i am rather dissapointed seeing her wedding reception and her going to langkawi for honeymoon
— aqilah (@aqilahzhar) March 30, 2021
My mom was so positive when hearing neelofa is already in Langkawi, she said “dia mesti guna reason business to go to langkawi n alang2 honeymoon sekali” ?? nah, I don’t know. It’s just if she really did want to spend her honeymoon there, this is not the right time. https://t.co/EUE8jh8wCp
— Melursam (@melursam) March 30, 2021
Chatime deleted tweet. Sikit pun aku tak pernah ambek tahu tentang kehidupan peribadi celebrities, tp kes dia ni menunjukkan betapa kuatnya pengaruh duit, dia boleh control apa yg dia nk. Org kita jd lembik bila nampak niqab dan kopiah putih. Aku hampa dgn perundangan negara ni.
— MAG • Faheem (@magmalaya) March 31, 2021
Dan dan ja. Selama ni bukak chatime mmg ada usung Pulopa ke mana mana ke. Depa ukur pintu chatime ke? Ahahahahah pic.twitter.com/qQqSPLfIva
— Kak Jah Sungai Dua (@XXXbyefelicia) March 30, 2021
Dia macam ni..
— B U F F R U M I N A N T (@HilmiQimieHilmi) March 31, 2021
U save me, I save U.
U keluarkan statement, I help U to open more chatime branches.
Win-win.
Ada ongkos, tiada hal https://t.co/rcutSl8YKJ
Have to applaud Neelofa. Timing kahwin with recce Chatime branches ngam. Free mktg for Chatime. 4 tonnes of fresh flowers? Say no more, make perfume. Wedding fail SOP? Speak to my assistant. Have to admire her tenacity to hv it her way. #millionairemindset
— eatyourbananas (@ames_146) March 30, 2021
A business trip?
However, in a turn of events, Chatime Malaysia issued a statement later, saying that Neelofa was apparently in Langkawi for a work trip on behalf of the company and she is also set to visit other new outlets in Sungai Petani, Kedah and Kangar, Perlis.
The Naelofar co-founder also uploaded a series of Instagram stories showing a note and a few drinks from Chatime about their collaboration.
As for the permission to cross borders, Malay Mail reported that Brickfields deputy police chief Supt Basri Sagoni says that Neelofa and three others were granted permission to travel to Langkawi and Kedah, but only for business purposes and not for her honeymoon.
Basri said the clearance was given by officers at the Sri Hartamas police station, since they said the trip from 27 March to 4 April is for business, which they claimed involved local beverage company Chatime Malaysia.
“They are scheduled to arrive in Langkawi on 29 March and will remain there until 2 April before visiting the Sungai Petani and Kangar Chatime outlets on 3 April,” the deputy police chief said.
“Therefore, I would like to emphasise that the permit issued by the Sri Hartamas police station was for work purposes and not to honeymoon.”
After facing backlash from netizens, Chatime Malaysia has deleted the tweet that contained the press statement regarding Neelofa’s trip.
So, what do you think? Is she really on a work trip that so happened to be right after her wedding, or was it a case of “sambil menyelam, sambil minum air”?