--- description: Malaysian legislator Bung Mokhtar Radin tweeted "Long Live Hitler" after Germany's victory over Brazil, prompting outrage title: World Cup: Malaysian MP Praises Hitler After Germany's Semifinal Win image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3800b33c03851165/69869b001eebf79a2e371c9e/100003682.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Malaysia](/tag/malaysia/) ## Malaysia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Malaysian Legislator Tweets Praise to Hitler After Germany's Soccer Triumph by [Stephanie Burnett](/author/stephanie-burnett/) ## Stephanie Burnett Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 9, 2014 9:09 AM CUT  Malaysian lawmaker Bung Mokhtar Radin and his second wife Zizie Ezette arriving at a Shari‘a court in Kuala Lumpur on May 19, 2010 Malaysian lawmaker Bung Mokhtar Radin and his second wife Zizie Ezette arriving at a Shari‘a court in Kuala Lumpur on May 19, 2010AFP/Getty Images by [Stephanie Burnett](/author/stephanie-burnett/) ## Stephanie Burnett Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 9, 2014 9:09 AM CUT A Malaysian member of Parliament, Bung Mokhtar Radin, has refused to apologize for a tweet that paid tribute to Adolf Hitler following Germany’s 7-1 win over Brazil in the World Cup semifinal. Bung [wrote](https://twitter.com/MyKinabatangan/status/486623436052381697 "undefined"), “Well Done..Bravo…Long Live Hitler…” after Germany’s soccer triumph, prompting outrage from the Malaysian Twitterverse. The German ambassador to Malaysia, Holger Michael, also weighed in. “We strongly reject the distasteful and unacceptable allusion to the fascist regime of Adolf Hitler,” he tells TIME. But Bung showed no remorse during a Wednesday interview with the _Star_. “I don’t know what’s wrong with people sometimes. Hitler is part of history and the German team fought like how he did,” he [said](http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/07/09/Bung-Mokhtar-defends-Hitler-tweet/ "undefined"). > [](https://twitter.com/MyKinabatangan/status/486623436052381697) Bung added that the tweet was just for fun and suggested that everyone needed to get a better sense of humor. “I think people nowadays should transform their mentality. Whatever I tweet people hit me. 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