Malaysia Has No Gay People, Country’s Tourism Minister Claims

Malaysia’s tourism minister sparked outrage while in Germany for an international travel fair after claiming there were no gay people in his country.

Mohamaddin Ketapi was in Berlin for the ITB Berlin travel fair when he made the audacious claim. He was responding to a question from a reporter who asked whether his country would be welcoming to gay tourists, according to Deutsche Welle.

«I don’t think we have anything like that in our country», he said. The broadcaster reported that Mohamaddin had already tried to avoid a question asking whether his country was a safe place for gay people and Jewish people to travel.