Beyonce postponed Malay concert herself, says minister.Byline: ANI Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (kwä`lə l  m`pr), city (1990 est. pop. , Oct 21 (ANI): Beyonce Knowles' concert in
Malaysia was postponed by the singer herself, revealed Information,
Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim Datuk Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim is the current Malaysian Minister of Culture, Arts, and Heritage. He is also a Member of Parliament from the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), the leading party in the ruling coalition of Barisan Nasional. .
Datuk said that there was no interference by his ministry on the matter and that Beyonce, 28, who was scheduled to hold the concert on October 18, had decided to postpone the concert on her own, reports New Straits Times Not to be confused with The Straits Times, the Singaporean newspaper. The New Straits Times is a Malaysian English-language newspaper. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper, having been founded as The Straits Times in 1845, and was reestablished as the " Online. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. him, there are many possibilities as to why she decided not to perform on the given date, and cited that one of the reasons could be because of pressure from the organisers. He also said her refusal to comply with the dress code or simply because the concert would not be profitable could lead to her postponement. But he denied rumours that she had been pressured by threats from certain groups after she announced that Malaysia would be one of the venues for her "I AM...World Tour". Pas Youth was one of the groups, which had declared to take "further action" over the government's refusal to ban the concert at the National Stadium Bukit Jalil. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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