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        "msgid": "kl-bans-gays-on-tv-programs-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-08-18 00:00:00",
        "title": "KL bans gays on TV programs",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
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        "summary": "KL bans gays on TV programs KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia has banned homosexuals and transvestites from appearing on the country's state-run television network, Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), a top official said yesterday. \"Any artiste who is proven to be a gay will come under the ban. We do not want to encourage any form of homosexuality in our society,\" Information Minister Mohamed Rahmat, was yesterday quoted as saying by local newspapers.",
        "content": "<p>KL bans gays on TV programs<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia has banned homosexuals and<br>\ntransvestites from appearing on the country&apos;s state-run<br>\ntelevision network, Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), a top<br>\nofficial said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Any artiste who is proven to be a gay will come under the<br>\nban. We do not want to encourage any form of homosexuality in our<br>\nsociety,&quot; Information Minister Mohamed Rahmat, was yesterday<br>\nquoted as saying by local newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed said RTM was bent on making the no-gay ban effective,<br>\nalthough it was difficult to determine if an artist was<br>\nhomosexual or transvestite.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said yesterday that the move followed complaints by<br>\nviewers of RTM shows which had inadvertently featured<br>\ntransvestites.<\/p>",
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