"Lagu itu lagu gereja. Di Indonesia, dalam agama Kristian, kita boleh memanggil Tuhan itu Tuhan, Allah dan Yesus. Bagi saya ia tiada masalah, cuma perbezaan bahasanya," katanya.
Menurut Agnes, dia tidak pernah terfikir lagu dinyanyikannya akan menjadi isu.
Katanya, ia bergantung kepada pendapat masing-masing kerana jika seseorang itu mahu melihat sesuatu itu daripada sudut negatif, banyak perkara negatif akan diperoleh.
"Saya rasa ia (lagu Allah Peduli) bukan sesuatu hal yang perlu diperbesar-besarkan.
"Masyarakat Malaysia harus tahu itu perbezaan bahasa, kalau perbezaan bahasa, ya sudah... tak perlu ada hal yang perlu diperbesarkan lagi," katanya.
Agnes yang berbangsa Cina dan beragama Kristian berkata, dia tidak perlu meminta maaf kerana tiada sesiapa yang salah dalam hal berkenaan. Katanya, lainlah jika dia orang Malaysia.
"Tiada sesiapa yang salah. Penulis liriknya pun tidak salah kerana di Indonesia perkataan Allah digunakan untuk Tuhan (bagi orang Kristian).
"Sama ada orang Malaysia atau Indonesia, mereka perlu tahu perbezaan bahasa boleh menimbulkan isu sensitif seperti ini. Apa yang berlaku hanya masalah bahasa dan tidak ada yang salah," katanya.
Menurut Agnes, dia mahu meletakkan noktah kepada isu berkenaan dan berharap ia tidak diperkatakan lagi.
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Malaysia's king has sworn in Najib Abdul Razak as the country's sixth prime minister, a day after Abdullah Ahmad Badawi resigned to take responsibility for the ruling party's worst election showing in four decades. Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, the country's constitutional monarch who accepted Abdullah's resignation on Thursday, swore Najib in on Friday at the palace in the capital, Kuala Lumpur. Najib, the son of a former prime minister, swore to "fulfil the obligations of this post with honesty" and "pour my full loyalty into Malaysia and preserve, protect and defend the constitution". He faces a myriad of challenges, including an economy badly hit by the global downturn and racial divisions in the country. And in a sign that he will not enjoy a "honeymoon" period that many leaders do on taking office, the three parties forming the opposition alliance sent a joint petition to the king asking him to delay Najib's swearing-in over allegations of corruption and links to a murder case. "Such an important post must be given to an individual who is clean and whose integrity is not questionable," said the petition. The opposition has repeatedly accused Najib of corruption in a deal to buy French submarines when he was defence minister. It has also alleged that he was linked to the killing of the Mongolian mistress of Najib's close former aide. Najib has labelled the allegations as "malicious lies". Abdullah, who took office in 2003, was pressed to step down following a dismal performance by the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition in last year's general elections. The BN, which has been in power since independence in 1957, failed to maintain its two-thirds majority in parliament for the first time in 40 years, and also lost control of an unprecedented five states. |
