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The boys of BTS might be coming to Malaysia soon

Tony Fernandes has announced the arrival of the South Korean supergroup before, hopefully it’s true this time

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 25 Apr 2022 7:30PM

The boys of BTS might be coming to Malaysia soon
In this file photo taken on December 2, 2015 members of South Korea music band BTS pose on the red carpet of the 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards in Hong Kong. – AFP pic, April 25, 2022

BTS Army Malaysia was in a state of excitement when a less than five second long TikTok video from Tan Sri Tony Fernandes went viral on social media. 

In the video, Tony, the founder of AirAsia, in addition to other business ventures, answered the question of netizens on whether South Korean pop powerhouse BTS would be coming to Malaysia. 

Tony replied, "I'm pretty sure BTS will be coming to Malaysia soon."

@tonyfernandesairasia

Reply to @lea_glosss Who is your favorite member of BTS and WHY? Comment below and I will read your answers. Best one gets a gift from me #bts #btsarmy? #btsforever #bts_official_bighit #btsedit

♬ Butter - 방탄소년단 (BTS)

The video was then flooded with more than a thousand comments and received a number of reactions.

“Sir, if so, can you tell me the date in advance? I want to raise money,” said a user.

"Hopefully it will come true," said another comment.

“Finally! I have been waiting since 2013,” wrote a user named @thv.

Way back in 2019, the then Minister of Youth and Sports, Syed Saddiq expressed his intention to bring BTS to Malaysia in conjunction with a Tourism Malaysia venture. 

In the negotiation phase, Tony Fernandes as the Chairman of Stadium Malaysia Corporation was responsible for negotiating the group's entry into Malaysia.

However, there were no further updates after that. 

Further back in 2018, Tony once gave the same news in a post on his official Instagram, which led to another dead end. 

For the record, the group once visited Sabah in 2015 for a filming session. – The Vibes, April 25, 2022

* This article originally appeared in our Malay-language sister portal Getaran

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