Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin realised this yesterday when the bicycle he was riding hit a pothole somewhere on Jalan Kampung Sri Cheeding, Banting, Selangor.
He landed in a ditch and ended up with some minor injuries to his face.
Pothole, ditch, KJ. 2020 keeps giving. https://t.co/BjZHuo4cvP pic.twitter.com/WZJJn1q8X0
— Khairy Jamaluddin ??? (@Khairykj) December 27, 2020
We really felt that tweet talking about 2020 keeping on giving. Hang in there, sir.
Public works department apologised
While the most regular rakyat like us who pay tax to keep the roads safe will get from such a tweet (even if we tag the relevant authorities) is sympathetic messages from friends and family, the minister got much more than that.The Kuala Langat Public Works Department replied to Khairy's tweet, apologising and promising to rectify the situation as soon as possible.
JKR Kuala Langat memohon maaf ke atas kejadian yang menimpa YB. Menteri dan akan mengambil tindakan segera ke atas isu berkenaan dan mendoakan YB cepat sembuh.
— JkrKualaLangat (@JkrKualaLangat) December 27, 2020
Netizens were quick to point out the double standards in the response of the authorities.
sapa ingat tahun lepas budak sekolah maut kena langgar di olak lempit, kuala langat. tak terbaca JKR minta maaf pada keluarga sbb tak cepat buat speed bumb. https://t.co/VoxkFsmiA3
— Argypt #RakyatJagaRakyat (@ajipkasa) December 27, 2020
Parut kenangan musim covid-19 ni. Saya tak perlu pemohonan maaf dari @JKRMalaysia . Apa yang saya minta cuma tolong ambil tindakan dan pantau jalanraya rosak yang lain terutamanya laluan motorsikal. Kasihanilah penunggang motorsikal seperti saya. pic.twitter.com/5iMCwybRm6
— нѕ (@HamirulSarman) December 27, 2020
Kalau rakyat marhaen, ermmmmmm hmmmm, mokalu menteri, nohhhh zupppp supppp. Tp apa pun semoga cpt sembuh dan semoga pihak bertanggungjawab tgk sama laa jalan tu. jgn anak bini sendiri yg kena baru terhegeh.
— ahmOi (@dan_senget) December 27, 2020
Lepas aku baca tweet ni, aku harap banyak lagi menteri2 lain jatuh tergolek dog di semua jalan2 rosak di sekitar Malaysia, terutama Sabah/Sarawak.
— OdeN* (@odengerrard) December 27, 2020
We wish the minister a speedy recovery and hope the relevant authorities work quickly to repair any potholes to avoid similar incidents happening often.