The programme looks at the heated debate between Indonesia and Malaysia on the origin of 'Rasa Sayang', a popular folksong in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The controversy came to a head in 2007 after Malaysia used the song for a tourism campaign to mark its 50th year of independence.
NOVEMBER 11 — The folk song and its pantun quatrains are known to all Malaysians. Rasa Sayang, one of the first songs children are taught in schools throughout the country, is in fact well known and well loved throughout the Malay Archipelago.