Know your limits, Muhyiddin tells ‘Seksualiti Merdeka’ organisers

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal

November 03, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — The organisers of the “Seksualiti Merdeka” festival should respect Malaysian culture and laws instead of promoting an event which celebrates homosexuality, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today.

Calling it a “waste of time”, the deputy prime minister said even though the government respected the right of the organisers to hold the event, the festival was “non-beneficial” to Malaysians in general.

Muhyiddin described the ‘Seksualiti Merdeka’festival as a ‘waste of time’. — File pic

He said Malaysia had clear guidelines and legislation outlawing “unnatural” sexual activities such as sodomy, and that the public can decide for themselves whether such a festival was really necessary.

“Malaysia has laws, we have religion, we have values, there are limits that need to be taken into account.

“I don’t know why they (organisers) are doing this, maybe there is a political motive, but this (festival) is inappropriate,” he told reporters.

The Umno deputy president however said that the government will not stop the event from taking place.

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