Its closest cousin is not Standard Mandarin, instead, its closest cousin is Singaporean Mandarin, the language was widely used in films like Tiger Woohoo 大日子(2010), Namewee's Nasi Lemak 2.0 辣死你妈 and movies created by Singaporean movie director Jack Neo.
an article by Fauziah Arof dated 21 September 2011 condemned Namewee for insulting the national anthem Negaraku, Islam and Malay race as a whole.