Pete Teo, producer of the Undilah public service announcement (PSA), has called allegations that the video clip has subliminal messages favouring the opposition were "rubbish and nonsense".

Nurul Izzah in undilah video Earlier today Kota Belud MP Abdul Rahman Dahlan had tweeted that the video, that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Comission's (MCMC) last week instructed broadcasters not to air, was “full of subliminal messages.

"(It contains) anti-establishment undertones just below the threshold of consciousness of the viewers."

Abdul Rahman added in another tweet: “(It’s) subject matter is fine but it is heavy with opposition undertones.”

When contacted, Teo told Malaysiakini that he was unaware that Abdul Rahman had, in a news report, claimed the video featured the PAS mouthpiece Harakah, until it was highlighted today.

pete teo story Teo ( right ) said that the production team had tried their very best to ensure that the video featured both the government and opposition leaders equally.

However, he said, if Abdul Rahman wants to make an issue out of the alleged Harakah scene, others may also use another scene in the video in which a man is reading a copy of MIC-owned Malaysia Nanban , and claim that the video contains pro-BN messages.

"How ridiculous is this? So does it mean we support MIC? The Nanban scene is even longer than the Harakah scene," he said.

Undilah ‘pro people’

Teo added that there are also some scenes where MCA Youth chief Wee Ka Siong is standing in front of a Tunku Abdul Rahman statue.

Wee Ka Siong in undilah video "So does it mean we are pro-BN? Of course, we are not, we are pro the people," he said.

He reiterated that the PSA is a non-partisan video and that the production team had no intentions of making it controversial.

"We shot a lot of street scenes (for the video), just that one person happened to be reading Harakah and another person happened to be reading Nanban .

"If you want to pick (an issue), you can pick (one out of anything)," he added.

On Friday, it was reported that the MCMC had in an email earlier in the week directed Astro and Media Prima Bhd not to air the PSA, allegedly because it featured politicians referring to problems the country was facing.

Media Prima's ntv7 channel had featured an excerpt of the video in its news report.

The four-and-a-half minute music video called on the rakyat to exercise their voting rights, and features politicians such as Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and Deputy Education Minister Wee Ka Siong, Deputy Health Minister Rosnah Abd Rashid Shirlin, DAP Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, PAS Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad, Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah and PKR Seri Setia assemblyperson Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, along with artistes such as Namewee and Afdlin Shauki.

Rosnah Abd Rashid Shirlin in Undilah video Critics slammed MCMC’s move as contradicting PM Najib Razak’s promised reforms announced on Malaysia Day, the same day that Undilah was launched.

The commission explained that the directive was made because the video had not yet been passed by the Film Censorship Board.

Teo however ridiculed the explanation as "outrageous" as they had not even discussed airing the video with the broadcasters.

"We haven't got approval because we haven't applied for it. There is no need to apply for it when we haven't even spoken to the broadcasters,” Teo had said.