KUALA LUMPUR: Umno's Utusan Malaysia in its Sunday edition has continued to question embattled Malaysia politician Anwar Ibrahim's sexuality despite being threatened with a RM100 million lawsuit by the opposition leader. The ongoing battle between the publication and Ibrahim has left many in the country frustrated, saying there are more important things to worry about. And for the LGBT community, they told Bikyamasr.com that “it is as if they are trying to slander the many by saying he is gay or bisexual. “It is wrong and this needs to change because it is dangerous,” said Patak, 23, in Kuala Lumpur. Its Sunday edition, Mingguan Malaysia, frontpaged Datuk K.S Nallakaruppan's challenge to his former close friend to speed up legal action so he can expose Anwar's alleged wrongdoings. The Malay broadsheet also ran a half-page editorial backing the United Malaysian Indians party (MUIP) president's claim, highlighting the Federal Court's judgment in 2004, which said Anwar and his adopted brother Sukma Darmawan were engaged in homosexual activities despite overturning the Permatang Pauh MP's sodomy conviction. “To summarize our judgment, even though reading the appeal record, we find evidence to confirm that the appellants were involved in homosexual activities and we are more inclined to believe that the alleged incident at Tivoli Villa did happen, sometime, this court, as a court of law, may only convict the appellants if the prosecution has successfully proved the alleged offenses as stated in the charges, beyond reasonable doubt, on admissible evidence and in accordance with established principles of law,” the judgment reads. “There is no need for Awang to comment at length. Ponder the fact in the judgment of this case. What does it mean and who is Anwar?” the newspaper wrote under the Awang Selamat pseudonym used by its editors. The editorial also said Ibrahim used legal action as a way to silence critics from exposing what the paper said were “moral wrongdoings.” BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/SdSmE Tags: Anwar Ibrahim, Bisexual, LGBT, Malaysia, Media Section: Latest News, LGBT, Media, Southeast Asia
