KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar
Ibrahim has backed Seksualiti Merdeka’s right to express itself but
stressed that this did not mean the party supported what the movement
stood for.
“Here the issue here is not whether to support or not to support. The issue is you attack them. That’s something else. Can’t we talk about things in this country?” he told reporters in the Parliament lobby here today.
Anwar (picture) said
the authorities should have engaged with Seksualiti Merdeka if they
disagreed with its goals rather than use “extreme policing” to clamp
down on the sexual rights movement.
He also slammed the Umno-controlled media for demonising Bersih chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, who had agreed to officiate Seksualiti Merdeka, and claimed the attacks were politically motivated.
“This is what you call the vulnerability of a normal citizen against the entire might of a corrupt government.
“Why do you treat her like a common criminal, harassing her in this manner?” he asked.
MORE TO COME
“Here the issue here is not whether to support or not to support. The issue is you attack them. That’s something else. Can’t we talk about things in this country?” he told reporters in the Parliament lobby here today.
Anwar (picture) said
the authorities should have engaged with Seksualiti Merdeka if they
disagreed with its goals rather than use “extreme policing” to clamp
down on the sexual rights movement.He also slammed the Umno-controlled media for demonising Bersih chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, who had agreed to officiate Seksualiti Merdeka, and claimed the attacks were politically motivated.
“This is what you call the vulnerability of a normal citizen against the entire might of a corrupt government.
“Why do you treat her like a common criminal, harassing her in this manner?” he asked.
MORE TO COME
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