Opposition Leader Hamzah Zainudin has questioned why the government did not arrest members of the British band The 1975 as they did with caretaker Kedah menteri besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor.
He said the police had resorted to arresting Sanusi during the wee hours for something less serious, but the band members were not even detained despite having committed many violations.
"Sanusi 'buat salah sikit' (commit a minor offence), they arrested him at 3am.
"But this band, I don't know if the police had even arrested them. They committed many offences, but they were not even detained.
"This is the kind of government we have today, one that practises double standards, and this is why we do not want them to be in power anymore," Hamzah said during a ceramah last night.
The Bersatu secretary-general was speaking at the launch of Sungai Burong and Permatang PN election machinery in Tanjong Karang, Selangor.
Hamzah was referring to an incident during a festival in Sepang on Friday, which saw The 1975 frontman Matt Healy angrily criticising Malaysia’s laws against the LGBT.
The musician also said he made a mistake by coming to a country that is “telling us whom we can have sex with” because he didn’t check when the band made the concert booking in Malaysia.
Healy proceeded to kiss his male bandmate, Ross MacDonald, while on stage.
He was also seen drinking from a bottle believed to contain an alcoholic beverage during the incident, while netizens alleged that Healy spat onstage and damaged a camera drone operated by the festival crew.
Hamzah said he had never allowed controversial groups like The 1975 into Malaysia when he was in power.
The government, the former minister added, should have rejected the band's application from the start. - Mkini
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