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Malaysia: Taking Over Malaysian Slogan from Porn Sites

Written byPreetam Rai
Posted 11 January 2007 15:50 GMT

Malayu Boleh is a popular slogan often used in Malaysia. The phrase is meant to encourage the malay people and it means “Malays Can”. People widely search for this phrase online. Several porn sites have optimised their sites in such a way that the search results for this phrase leads the searcher to their sites. Ah ok lah links to an effort by a Malaysian netpreneur to claim the slogan back from porn sites.

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