29-05-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Malaysia investigates LGBTQ event for ‘challenging social norms'
Malaysia said it opposes LGBTQ culture in the country and has ordered an investigation into a coming pride event that went viral on social media.
Any effort to normalise
LGBTQ is against the federal constitution, existing laws and official policy, said Mohd Na'im Mokhtar, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) in a statement late on Wednesday.
Na'im ordered authorities, including the police, to take appropriate action should there be a breach of any law in the planned programme with the theme 'Pride Care: Queer Stories & Sexual Health Awareness'.
'Organising a programme like this, even though closed, clearly challenges social norms and religious values that the majority of Malaysians adhere to,' he said.
He urged the organisers to immediately cease any activities that 'violated the nation's laws and society's moral values'. Religious agencies were prepared to take authoritative action should Muslims be involved, he added.
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