Malaysian PM teases citizens for caring about his fashion sense after being spotted in pricey Burberry shirts

Malaysian Primary Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has ultimately responded to the discussion encompassing his vogue model, even though he was not donning a thousand ringgit Burberry shirt this time. 

At a Barisan Nasional convention in Setia Alam yesterday, the 62-yr-old joked that Malaysians did not treatment about his trend sense when he was defense minister, but they do now that he is the PM. 

“People employed to like the shirts I use (on Tv set), but now when I am primary minister, they rely how significantly it prices,” he said when reflecting on how one particular of his very first tasks as primary minister was to tackle the continue to-raging Covid-19 outbreak and its outcomes on the economic system.

When he was protection minister, Ismail would don batik shirts practically each day through his stay press conferences, which he credited to his son-in-legislation, Jovian Mandagie, a neighborhood fashion designer. 

Even so, Ismail has given that upgraded his style perception. 

Thanks to some remarkably observant Malaysians on the world wide web, we uncovered out that, on two instances, he was seen donning high priced Burberry shirts. The price tag tag for both shirts collectively is a significant RM12,400 (US$2,785). 

It would seem like the growing price of residing has not experienced any effect on the premier’s manner feeling. 

In May well, he was noticed sporting a RM 5,500 Burberry shirt in the course of a informal assembly with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Tokyo, Japan. 

Resource: Burberry 

Past thirty day period, Ismail attended an occasion when putting on one more Burberry shirt, which price RM6,900. 

Resource: Ismail Sabri Yaakob Facebook & Burberry

Fahmi Fadzil, a member of parliament from Lembah Pantai in Kuala Lumpur, explained at the time that the prime minister’s love of fancy apparel unveiled a disconnect with the individuals who had been hoping to make finishes fulfill as a end result of elevated living expenditures.

Thanks to expanding inflation, which translates to increasing foodstuff rates and dwelling bills, Malaysia is presently heading by means of 1 of its most complicated financial durations in modern-day history. 

Since all those in the center and reduced money courses are usually the types most afflicted by financial downturns, is it any shock that politicians donning costly substantial-close manufacturers would make the ire of the taxpayers who pay back their salaries?