In a state of denial

By June Wong

LET me get this straight. Malaysia doesn’t have gays. That’s what our Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Mohamaddin Ketapi said in March.

When asked by a German broadcaster at a Berlin travel fair as to whether Malaysia welcomed gays, the YB replied, "I don't think we have anything like that in our country".

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