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Last edited: November 24, 2007
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Malaysia
- Statute: Section 377 of the Malaysian Penal Code:
Unnatural Offences
- Penalty: 20 years/caning and fine
- Restrictions: None
Unnatural Offences 377. Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 20 years and shall also be liable to fine or whipping.
Section 377a. Outrages on decency. Any male person who, in public or private, commits, or abets the commission of, or procures
or attempts to procure the commission by any male person of, any act of gross indecency with another male person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years."
Explanation - Penetration is sufficient to constitute the carnal intercourse necessary to the offence described in this
section.
(1983 Report on Laws Governing Homosexual Conduct of the Law Reform
Commission of Hong Kong).
News
- Malaysian
Police Raid Gay Sex Party, Arrest 37 - The
Advocate, November 6, 2007
Police in Malaysia, where sodomy is a crime, broke up a gay sex party and
arrested 37 men, including a Briton and a Chinese national, a senior
official said Tuesday.
- 37 Arrested in
Malaysian Gay Sex Sweep - 365Gay.com,
November 6, 2007
Thirty-seven men, including two foreigners, are facing floggings and
lengthy jail terms following a raid on what is described as a gay sex
club.
- Former PM
Says Gays Should Not Rule Mostly Muslim Malaysia - The
Advocate, January 9, 2007
- Malaysia to Curb ‘Moral Policing’ - BBC
News, March 26, 2005
- No Homosexuals in Malaysian Navy, Says Chief
- Today, February
25, 2005
- Anwar Seeks Privacy Provision in Malaysia Gay
Laws - November 11, 2004
- Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Says
“Homosexual” Anwar Finished - October 11, 2004
- Mahathir Undaunted by an Anwar Comeback -
October 6, 2004
- Mahathir Not Worried About Possible Anwar
Comeback - October 6, 2004
- Malaysia Ruling Party Urged to Shun
‘Traitor’ Anwar - September 22, 2004
- Anwar Release Burnishes Badawi’s Image -
September 21, 2004
- Malaysia’s Long Sodomy Battle - September
20, 2004
- Malaysia’s Anwar Loses Court Bid -
September 15, 2004
- Federal Court Upholds Anwar’s Conviction For
Corruption General - September 15, 2004
- Malaysia’s Anwar Says Won’t Be Muzzled -
September 15, 2004
- Newspapers Caught in Dilemma Over Anwar Coverage
- September 14, 2004
- Fight to Clear Anwar’s Name Is Far From Over
- September 10, 2004
- Malaysian Court to Review Anwar’s Corruption
Conviction - September 7, 2004
- Malaysian Supreme Court Overturns Ex Deputy
PM’s Sodomy Conviction - September 6, 2004
- Anwar Arrives in Germany for Back Surgery -
September 5, 2004
- Thousands See Anwar Off at Airport -
September 5, 2004
- Sodomy Conviction of Malaysian Politician
Overturned - September 4-7, 2004
- Anwar Prepares for Surgery in Germany -
September 4, 2004
- A Return to Umno? - September 4, 2004
- Was There a Deal? - September 4, 2004
- Malaysians Look Ahead - September 4, 2004
- Will Anwar Return to Umno Fold? - September
4, 2004
- Corruption Conviction Review ‘Could Take a
Year’ - September 4, 2004
- Anwar Gets Passport Within One Hour -
September 4, 2004
- Freedom appears to be taking its toll on Anwar
- September 4, 2004
- Moving Towards National Reconciliation -
September 4, 2004
- A Victory for Rule of Law, Says US -
September 4, 2004
- A-G Just Glad the Case is Finally Over -
September 4, 2004
- Ummi: I Respect The Court’s Decision -
September 4, 2004
- Waking Up to a New Tomorrow: Interview with
Anwar - September 4, 2004
- Anwar Is Freed - September 3, 2004
-
Anwar Freed After Federal Court Quashes Conviction - September 3, 2004
- Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim Set Free -
September 2, 2004
- United Nations Ill-Advised on Homosexual Laws
- February 8, 2004
- Malaysian Leader Attacks Gays & Western
‘Homo” Media in National TV Speech - September 3, 2003
- Malaysian Islamic Opposition Plans to Extend
Islamic Laws on Non-Muslims - July 9, 2002
- Malaysian State Legislature Passes Bill on Strict
Islamic Criminal Code - July 8, 2002
- Former U.S. Envoy
Asks Bush Not to Meet Mahathir - April 17, 2002
- Malaysian Lawyers Conclude Appeal Against Anwar's
Corruption Conviction - April 2, 2002
- Appeal Set for Ousted Gay Official -
November 6, 2001
- Malaysian PM Rebuked for Threat to UK Gay
Ministers - November 2, 2001
- Malaysia Won’t Welcome Gay Officials -
November 2, 2001
- Court Dismisses Anwar Suit Against Mahathir -
February 23, 2001
- Coming Out in the Open - October 2, 2000
- ‘During the Anwar Trial it Was Easy to Get Lucky’ -
September 26, 2000
- ‘Homosexuality is a Crime Worse Than Murder’ -
September 26, 2000
- Outcry Over Anwar Sodomy Verdict - August 11, 2000
- International Outcry Over Anwar Jail Term - August 9, 2000
- Anwar Ibrahim Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Sodomy -
August 9, 2000
- Anwar Convicted in Sodomy Plot - August 8, 2000
- Malaysian Judge Defers Anwar Verdict - August 3, 2000
- Anwar Judgement Coming Aug. 4 - July 18, 2000
- Anwar Appeals for Fair Verdict - July 18, 2000
- Anwar Sodomy Testimony Halted - June 22, 2000
- No Testimony from PM in Anwar Trial - April 21, 2000
- Malaysian Laws Will Allow Caning For Gay Sex - April 13, 2000
- Witness in Anwar Trial Testifies - February 14, 2000
- Witness Says Police Forced Anwar Charges - February 9, 2000
- Anwar Trial Resumes - January 25, 2000
- Anwar Trial Set To Resume Tuesday - January 23, 2000
- Anwar: Malay Colleagues Corrupt - October 22, 1999
- Malaysian Prime Minister Ordered to Testify at Sodomy Trial -
October 21, 1999
- Anwar Claims Arsenic Poisoning - September 10, 1999
- Police "Forced Anwar’s Brother to Invent and Memorise
Gay Sex Stories" - July 5, 1999
- Sodomy Charges Revised in Malaysia Minister’s Case -
June 12-14, 1999
- Update: Anwar Sodomy Trial - December 21, 1998
- Malaysian Group Launches Antigay Movement -
October 21, 1998
- Malaysian Disputes Dissident’s Story - October 1, 1998
- Anwar Charged with Sodomy - September 30, 1998
- Anwar Pleads Innocent in Malaysia - September 29, 1998
- Anwar Jailed After Confessions - September 22, 1998
The organisation Pink Resistance in the southern city of Johor Bahru reports that the state Religious Affairs Department has a new law imposing a 5,000 ringitt (US$1700) fine and six strokes of a rotan (rattan cane) and/or three years in jail for sexual
"offences" including prostitution, heterosexual adultery, lesbianism and sodomy. (OG News, 2/1998)
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