Why was i scolded?

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i'm malay muslim but not malaysian...
the story was
i was at this hawker centre .. and i was very thristy so i just went to the nearest vendor to get a drink .. it happens so that this vendor is chinese... so i happily ordered my milo n a canned drink .. the next thing i know he was mumbling something like ," ni air cina buat lu melayu tak leh minum ." i was like huh!!!
after standing and looking blur there coz i never had that happened in my life before .. he screamed at me saying," sana beli air tempat melayu."

u mean dere is such a thing in malaysia.???

i hope this ques dont offend anyone .. i just want to know .whyyy...

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hahaha...welcome to malaysia, macam-macam ada.hehehe
he probably think that malays(moslem) can't consume food prepared by chinese(non-moslem). there are some chinese (especially uneducated one and never have enough exposure mix around with non-chinese) thinking that way. some uneducated malays also thinking that way too

he's infact a very kind person and want to help/save you from mistakenly breaking what he think as moslem rules/law

next time you go and buy again from him and tell him that it's ok, no problem. help him in understanding by giving some education

i'm sure he'll be happy as he can now sell his drinks to everybody

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I wouldn't put too much thought into it dear. He probably had a bad day and was pissed off by everything, it's just unfortunate that you happened to be there at that particular time. Please try to forgive him, that's the best we can do.
Unfortunately I have no idea what that translates as, so there's no way to evaluate what was said. I'd probably ignore it.
the reason you were scolded by the hawker because he is racist.. sometime there are some people who born to be racist
I think that is one of the faces of Malaysia. But things should be better than say 5-6 years ago.

I visit Thailand/Malaysia/Singapore once every 2-3 months and I use to visit hawker centres and other roadside stalls. You see this almost daily. Certain states are worst, others very good and friendly.
i think he is a VERY honest Chinese guy. He could have sold u the drink made some profit out of it. Most probably realizing he consumes pork in his stall; he refused. Or maybe the malay hawker guy would have whacked him if he takes away malay customers鈥?(it happens in certain areas). Knowing his a chinese, ( sorry to say, must have been uneducated one) Chinese and indians do have habit talking loud. dont stereotye them to be rude. Esp ah-peks and Indians they do talk loud. If he was an old ah pek, then you should consider deafness for talking loud. So conclusion, chill la shayna.
Malaysia is a muslim country, even non pork item but not halal, the muslim will never take or go near it. All chinese drink stall are not halal.