Social Media Analysis · Malaysia · June 2026

Rohingya Refugee — Sentiment Analysis

AI-powered classification of 981 Facebook comments with deep understanding of English, Malay, and code-switched language

Source Article: "Rohingya Woman Moves To US After 35 Years In Malaysia To Get Education For Her Children" — SAYS.com
Facebook Post (source of comments)
Facebook · Malaysian audience 981 comments classified English + Bahasa Malaysia Rohingya family leaving Malaysia for US
Methodology note: Standard English sentiment models (VADER) classified 38% of these comments as "positive" — a systematic error. Sarcastic positivity ("Alhamdulillah pergi!"), Malay dismissal phrases ("berambus", "bawak sekali"), and contemptuous farewells all register as positive to keyword models. This analysis uses contextual rule-based classification trained on the specific linguistic patterns of this bilingual dataset.
Total Classified
981
Comments analysed
Hostile / Dismissive
29.2%
286 comments · avg 6.6 likes
Neutral / Observational
67.9%
666 comments · avg 5.5 likes
Empathetic / Pro-refugee
3.0%
29 comments · avg 7.0 likes
Sentiment Distribution
Engagement (Total & Avg Likes) by Sentiment
Dominant Comment Themes (keyword frequency)
"Go away / Leave" dismissals 8.7% · 85
Malaysian nationalism / identity 20.1% · 197
ICE / Trump / deportation sarcasm 6.5% · 64
Burden / "35 yrs free" narrative 4.0% · 39
"Take your people with you" 3.9% · 38
Compassion / pro-refugee voice 2.7% · 26
Hostile Comment Sub-categories
High-Engagement Comments (>50 likes) by Sentiment
Key Findings
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29.2% of comments are genuinely hostile — vs. VADER's misleading 9.1%. The true hostile figure is likely even higher (~40–50%) since many neutral-scored short phrases like "Alhamdulillah" or "Bagus la" in departure context are tonally contemptuous but linguistically ambiguous.
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Malay comments drove the most hostile content — phrases like "berambus", "bawak sekali semua kaum kau", and "jangan balik" are culturally understood dismissals that English models systematically misread as neutral. 67.9% "neutral" is partly a detection gap, not actual neutrality.
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Only 3% of comments show genuine empathy — yet empathetic comments earn the highest average engagement at 7.0 likes per comment vs 6.6 for hostile. The silent pro-humanity minority punches above its weight in actual engagement.
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"Take your people with you" is a dominant hostile pattern — ~34 hostile comments explicitly asked her to bring family/community. Combined with ICE/deportation jokes (~9 comments), these reflect a desire to see mass removal, not just individual departure.
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Economic resentment underpins the hostility — The "35 years eating for free / not paying tax" narrative appears in ~39 comments and 5 of the top 10 most-liked hostile comments invoke this framing. It's a stronger driver than outright racism in this dataset.
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Top-liked comment (383 likes): "Go! Just go, anywhere but here!" — The most-endorsed single voice is a blunt dismissal. Second is a philosophical empathy comment (328 likes), showing a vocal minority empathy voice that resonates broadly when articulated well.
Top 10 Most-Liked Comments — Correctly Classified
HOSTILE
Go ! Just go , anywhere but here !
383 likes · 6 replies
NEUTRAL
Every country is a blessing , it depends how one lives
328 likes · 12 replies
HOSTILE
Ib Zac 35 tahun Tak payah kerja, makan percuma. Orang Malaysia perlu kerja tiap tiap Hari
317 likes · 20 replies
NEUTRAL
Trump would undoubtedly be happy and would warmly welcome it.
242 likes · 2 replies
NEUTRAL
After 35 years ??? U stayed here for 35 years ? Anyone can enlighten me what is the maximum duration for them to stay here
180 likes · 9 replies
NEUTRAL
Good luck....but my personal opinion....the grass is not always greener on the other side.....look out for the ICE....
170 likes · 16 replies
HOSTILE
Please don't say you come from Malaysia
158 likes · 6 replies
HOSTILE
Whoever dislike, just leave Malaysia.
146 likes · 3 replies
HOSTILE
Please ajak 1 kampung pergi sekali mah..
133 likes · 0 replies
NEUTRAL
Sar Guna Yes. Kita semua mcmana gaduh pun, part PATI mesti kita rakyat Malaysia united
118 likes · 6 replies