KUALA LUMPUR: Big Blue Capital (M) Sdn Bhd founder Datuk Shamsubahrin Ismail has publicly apologised for his controversial statement against Indonesia’s online motorcycle e-hailing service Gojek, which has allegedly insulted people in the republic.
He said he had no intention of demeaning the socioeconomic status of Indonesians or Gojek drivers.
“I was bombarded with thousands of messages from friends in Indonesia who voiced their strong dissatisfaction towards my statement.
"In the spirit of goodwill between both countries, I am offering my apologies and want to clarify that I never had any intention of saying Indonesians are poor," he said at a press conference, here, today.
Shamsubahrin, in a video which went viral in Indonesia, described Gojek as a service "only for poor people like in Jakarta, Thailand, India and Cambodia."
