GROUP SEEKS POLICE PERMIT FOR ANTI-FREE SEX ASSEMBLY

KUALA LUMPUR: SOME 30 non-governmental organisations, led by Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM), yesterday applied for a police permit to stage a peaceful assembly to voice their opposition to homosexuality and free sex.

JMM president Azwanddin Hamzah said representatives from 30 NGOs are expected to attend the gathering, scheduled for April 21 at Dataran Merdeka to oppose lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) and free sex practices in Malaysia.

Among the NGOs expected to take part are the Armed Forces Veterans Association and the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Parents and Teachers Association.

Azwanddin said they were expecting between 5,000 and 10,000 people to take part in the assembly.

"The assembly is not politically motivated. It is our way of showing that we are against LBGT and free sex," he said outside the Dang Wangi police headquarters, here, yesterday.

NO POLITICS: Voicing out against immoral culture is the sole aim, say organisers

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PUNJABI CLASSES IN SCHOOLS?

The government is prepared to consider the teaching of Punjabi language in schools if there is a request for it and there are enough students for the lesson, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Muhyiddin, who is also the education minister, said if this was carried out, it would enable young Sikhs to master their mother tongue, while others, too, could learn the Punjabi language, in line with the 1Malaysia spirit.

"It is important for all of us to learn about other people in this country, because this will bind us together," he said at the Vaisakhi open house at Gurdwara Sahib Sentul here yesterday.

He said although the Sikh population in the country was small, the community played an important role in the country's social and community development.

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