Malaysian Cops Crack Down on Gay Life

Police in Penang, Malaysia staged a raid on a fitness center, rounding up over a dozen men and arresting them for alleged homosexual activity.

The story appeared in the May 12 online edition of The Star.

The article reported that the police raid took place early on the morning of May 10, leading to the discovery, according to authorities, of six completely undressed men in the restroom, with the other men rousted from elsewhere in the building.

The police also said that they had confiscated a large number of condoms, and that, in the words of an assistant police commander, Azam Abd Hamid, "We also found used condoms littered all over the place."

The article cited Hamid as saying that 14 men were arrested at the center and had been detained as an investigation into sexual activity at the fitness center continued. Malaysian Cops Crack Down on Gay Life
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