Netizens criticized his condescending remarks, which they perceived as demeaning to these making an attempt to make a residing within the nation.
“Which verse within the Quran lets you insult the poor and name them ‘silly’? Maybe strive making a residing in different methods as a substitute of promoting faith,” X person Akbar Faizal mentioned on Wednesday.
“Why snicker at those that attempt to earn a residing for his or her household? Does this sound humorous to you?” mentioned person X @cingreborn the identical day, with the submit garnering over 11,000 reposts.
Sunhaji reportedly obtained an outpouring of assist within the type of donations following the incident, with some even providing to sponsor him on a pilgrimage journey to Mecca.
A netizen, Budi Irwanto, who runs a donation group, informed native media Liputan6.com on Wednesday that 38-year-old Sunhaji began his iced tea enterprise a 12 months in the past. He had beforehand labored as a woodcutter, however had suffered a bone damage.
“He presently helps his spouse and youngsters who’re nonetheless in main and secondary faculty,” Mr Budi informed Liputan6.com.
RECOVERED BY PRESIDENT PRABOWO
Following public outrage, Prabowo took motion on the incident, by means of the Presidential Communications Office and his Gerindra get together.
“On behalf of the Presidential Communications Office, we’re involved concerning the unlucky incident involving a particular envoy of the President of Indonesia, and we wish to emphasize right here that President Prabowo Subianto has deep respect for everybody (within the nation), on the road sellers, fishermen, farmers,” head of the presidential communications workplace Hasan Nasbi informed the media on Wednesday, as quoted by native media outlet Detik.
“The president gave a warning to him (Mr Miftah) by means of the Cabinet Secretary (Teddy Indra Wijaya) and ordered him to instantly apologize to Mr Sunhaji,” Hasan added.
Following Mr Teddy’s reprimand, Mr Miftah had personally gone to Mr Sunhaji’s residence in Magelang to apologize to him immediately.
Meanwhile, the Gerindra Party, of which Prabowo is a member, additionally posted a video on Instagram reiterating Prabowo’s deep respect for the nation’s road distributors, with the submit garnering over 568,000 likes.
“Let me remind you that I’ve deep respect for road distributors, bike taxi drivers and bakso (meatball) sellers. Every day, the road distributors work onerous, pouring their sweat and vitality into his work, struggling tirelessly to supply for his household and be sure that his youngsters and spouse have a greater life,” Prabowo mentioned within the video which it additionally confirmed snippets of Mr Sunhaji making an attempt to promote his iced tea.
