Gay foreign leaders face arrest

Gay foreign leaders face arrest

MALAYSIA: Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad warned that foreign government ministers will be arrested if they violate Malaysia's anti-homosexual laws while visiting this mostly Muslim country.

Mahathir, Asia's longest-serving ruler, said that foreign leaders who arrive in Malaysia must obey the government's laws, just as Malaysian officials traveling overseas would bow to regulations in other countries.

"Here, if they do it (partake in homosexual acts), they will be arrested, as such activities are unlawful," Mahathir was quoted as saying late Friday by Malaysia's national news agency, Bernama.

Mahathir added that he would accept any legal action if he were ever arrested in another country for breaking any laws there. -- AP