Gay pride parades in Asia becoming more commonplace, except Malaysia.
Kuala Lumpur (dpa) – A Malaysian court on Thursday rejected a petition by gay rights activists to review a police ban on its arts and music festival in Kuala Lumpur.
High Court Judge Rohana Yusuf said the police were entitled to order the ban on the festival called Seksualiti Merdeka, meaning sexuality independence, which was to have been held in November.
The police banned the festival on safety grounds after Muslim groups threatened to disrupt the event which aimed to promote dialogue about gay issues.
The organizers challenged the ban in the court in January.
Pang Kee Teik, one of the organizers of the event, lamented the decision of the court.
“When the police’s arbitrary powers cannot be reviewed in court, we are allowing the police to get away with abuse of power,” he said in a statement.
He said he would continue to fight for the rights of homosexuals, transgenders and bisexuals.
“We want to remind them that they too have family members and friends who can be helped by the work that Seksualiti Merdeka does,” he said.
3 comments:
Gay rights are still not acceptable in the religious country such as ours.
janganlah buat permintaan yang pelik2.. seram saya tengok gambar diatas..
If permission is given to them, I'm afraid if the situation will be out of control.
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