This followed the raising of the Palestinian flag and a banner by Selangor football club fans on Aug 24, which featured what appeared to be a Palestinian freedom fighter along with Malaysian star footballer Faisal Halim.
It happened while the national anthem "Negaraku" was playing before the start of the prestigious FA Cup final at the national stadium in Bukit Jalil.
While that incident was widely criticised, a post on X that showed Malaysia's flag, widely called Jalur Gemilang (Glorious Stripes), sideby-side with a Palestinian flag on every floor of a high-rise apartment block drew mixed responses.
The post has been viewed nearly three million times since Aug 30.
"I'm a born and bred Malaysian and I love my Negaraku, Jalur Gemilang and everything Malaysian.
My dad and grandad were at Stadium Merdeka on 31/08/57. I'm not at all cool with another country's flag being raised for OUR Merdeka alongside Our Jalur Gemilang!" posted a user going by devprasad888.
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