Najib falls in love with Lankan crabs, wants Ministry of Crab to open shop in KL

Visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has fallen in love with Sri Lankan crab and wants the Ministry of Crab to open up shop in Kuala Lumpur.

After arriving on Sunday for his three-day State visit, Razak realised he was free for dinner and had suggested he liked to try the world-famous Sri Lankan delicacy of crabs. Sri Lanka’s High Commission in Malaysia A.J.M. Muzammil had swiftly suggested the Ministry of Crab, to which Najib had responded with surprise over it being a ‘ministry’.

After assuring the Malaysian Premier that he would enjoy the experience, Muzammil had made swift arrangements at the Ministry of Crab for a special dining session for Premier Razak. Ministry of Crab co-founder Darshan Munidasa was alerted of the impending arrival of a VVIP guest and was at hand to make a special dish as well.

Razak had savoured the Sri Lankan crab, with the dish he was served weighing 2 kg, and had promptly suggested that Malaysians too should enjoy the Lankan delicacy and recommended to Munidasa that it would be great to have a Ministry of Crab in Malaysia. Upon being told that crabs found in Malaysia were small in size, Razak had then suggested that the Ministry of Crab could import crabs from Sri Lanka so that more Malaysians could savour this seafood item.

In his subsequent engagements with Sri Lanka political and business leaders on 18 and 19 December, Razak is said to have made it a point to recount his Sri Lankan crab experience.