Just weeks after being harassed for allegedly having been hired as a press secretary in the Youth and Sports Ministry, activist Numan Afifi has apparently moved on to greener pastures and is receiving job offers abroad.
“Arrived in London; woke up to this wonderful news about an offer from a Boston-based architecture non-profit that promotes justice and human dignity.
“Last Monday, I got an offer from Unicef too. Decisions, decisions … “ he wrote on his Twitter on Thursday.
Numan said he has yet to decide on his next move and will enjoy his time in London.
Numan left Malaysia after groups attacked him on social media for being listed on the ministry's website as minister Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman's new press secretary.
Critics had complained that it was inappropriate for a "champion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) causes" to be hired by the government.
The activist drew fire last year for organising a buka puasa event for the gender rights group Pelangi.
On July 9, he said “backlash and threats from opposition propagandists” had reached a point where it was impossible to continue assisting Syed Saddiq, and decided to leave the country.
Both Numan and Syed Saddiq maintain the former was only helping out as his aide in the interim while the minister was putting his team together.
The discriminatory nature of the criticisms drew condemnation from various quarters, including the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam), Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, politicians such as DAP's Klang MP Charles Santiago, and civil rights groups such as Hakam.
This week, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mujahid Yusof Rawa said the LGBT community cannot be discriminated against as citizens of the country, but advised them to refrain from challenging the norm in the country. - Mkini
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