COMMENT | Why are some people becoming uppity over the contents of the documentary “Man on the Run”?

What Najib Abdul Razak’s lawyer said in and out of court on Monday was enough for Malaysians to rush to watch it and for non-Netflix customers scurrying to subscribe. For a good measure, pirated versions are circulating on social media.

On Thursday, Muhammad Shafee Abdullah wrote to Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil to order Netflix to remove the show, which chronicles the 1MDB financial scandal.

On Friday, Umno Youth jumped on the wagon by making the same call.

Describing it as a...