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Malaysian authorities cancel music festival after same-sex kiss by ‘The 1975’ band members on stage
By Online Desk
On Saturday, the Malaysian authorities cancelled the Good Vibes music festival, after members of the British rock band The 1975, Matty Healy and Ross MacDonald, kissed on-stage during their set.
Healy also spoke about LGBT rights before the band was told to stop performing halfway through the set.
Homosexuality is illegal in Malaysia and a punishable offence.
Following the incident, the organisers of the festival, which the band headlined, said that the remaining schedule for the festival has been cancelled following the controversy.
A statement said the decision came after an “immediate cancellation directive” from Malaysia’s Ministry of Communications and Digital, as part of its “unwavering stance against any parties that challenge, ridicule or contravene Malaysian laws.”
Before leaving the stage last night, Healy told his fans that the band had thought of pulling out of the event.
He also claimed that he got banned from Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia’s Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil hit out at the band’s performance on Twitter, calling it “very disrespectful”. He added that he had contacted festival organisers and asked them to provide a full report.
Healy, who is an ardent supporter of LGBT rights has previously used the stage to support the community.
In 2019 he invited a male fan on stage during a concert in Dubai to hug him, before sharing a quick kiss. The incident attracted criticism in the country, where homosexuality is illegal.
On Saturday, the Malaysian authorities cancelled the Good Vibes music festival, after members of the British rock band The 1975, Matty Healy and Ross MacDonald, kissed on-stage during their set.
Healy also spoke about LGBT rights before the band was told to stop performing halfway through the set.
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Following the incident, the organisers of the festival, which the band headlined, said that the remaining schedule for the festival has been cancelled following the controversy.
A statement said the decision came after an “immediate cancellation directive” from Malaysia’s Ministry of Communications and Digital, as part of its “unwavering stance against any parties that challenge, ridicule or contravene Malaysian laws.”
Before leaving the stage last night, Healy told his fans that the band had thought of pulling out of the event.
He also claimed that he got banned from Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia’s Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil hit out at the band’s performance on Twitter, calling it “very disrespectful”. He added that he had contacted festival organisers and asked them to provide a full report.
Healy, who is an ardent supporter of LGBT rights has previously used the stage to support the community.
In 2019 he invited a male fan on stage during a concert in Dubai to hug him, before sharing a quick kiss. The incident attracted criticism in the country, where homosexuality is illegal.
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Movie theatres in Malaysia to close again as coronavirus cases rise
By ANI
WASHINGTON: Movie theatres in Malaysia are set to shut down once again as the country is currently dealing with the third wave of the coronavirus.According to Variety, a nationwide state of emergency was announced early on Tuesday (local time) on behalf of the King Al-Sultan Abdullah.
As per a palace statement quoted by Variety, the emergency could last until August 1, depending on the state of coronavirus infections, according to a palace statement.
After the relaxation of social conditions in December, the positive coronavirus cases in Malaysia have jumped as the country on Monday (local time) recorded 2,232 new confirmed cases, bringing the active total to 28,500 and the running total since early 2020 to 135,000 with 550 deaths.
Chains of movie theatres including Golden Screen Cinemas, TGV and others shared on their social media accounts that the theatres will be shut from Wednesday (local time) and that the cost of the pre-paid tickets will be reimbursed.
“The effect is to put us back to where we were at the beginning of November. This time, we expect the MCO to be renewed for two weeks at a time for some months,” Irving Chee, GM at GSC, told Variety.
As a result of the impact of the coronavirus on the economy, one of the country’s cinema chain, MBO, had earlier headed for liquidation.
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PM Modi’s three-day visit to three countries will push the East East Policy
On June 2, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going ahead with the success of India’s Act East policy to pursue a five-day visit to Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. 125 crore people of India wish their success for this journey.
In the internal political scenario of India, the Narendra Modi government has made the Look East Policy a success. Based on this, by establishing BJP rule in more than 90 percent of India’s north-east province, it has shown that the BJP and the Modi government think of 125 million Indians. With everyone, development of everyone goes on the policy of appeasing no one.
The first phase of Modi’s journey will be Indonesia. Although Indonesia is the most Muslim population in the world, religion is still running on a non-secular policy like India. India is also the country with the most Muslim population after Indonesia.
China is in tension due to the visit of Indonesia. Currently Indonesia has given economic and military access to its Sabang island, strategically important to India.
The island is at the northern end of Sumatra and is also the mouth of the Malacca Strait. Indonesian Minister Luhut Pandjatan had told that India would invest in Sabang Port and Economic Zone and also make a hospital.
A few days after the announcement, the Indian Prime Minister said on Monday that he is going on a tour of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore between May 29 and June 2.
In Malaysia, Modi will meet Prime Minister Mahatir Mohammed while Clifford Pear will go to Singapore apart from meeting with students and CEOs where the bones of Mahatma Gandhi were immersed.
But most of these three countries will remain in Indonesia. And its biggest reason is recently agreed between the two countries.
According to the Hindustan Times, India and Indonesia started thinking about the proposal for cooperation in Sabang 2014-15. The increasing penetration of China in the Indian Ocean region gave rise to the concern of India and Indonesia, and due to this there was agreement on Sabang.
Pandjaitan had expressed concern about China’s Belt and Road Initiative. He said, “We do not want BRI to control us.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proved that India is looking at relations with China in a new perspective by making informal talks in Wuhan with President Xi Chunfing, but this does not mean that India is concerned about its relationship with neighboring countries with China Will not strengthen PM Modi is proving this same thing with his visit to Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Modi is on a five-day visit to these countries on Tuesday. It is believed that this journey of PM Modi under India’s ‘East East Policy’ will prove to be very important.
The East Pakistan policy of Modi Government is also in the interest of India that China is increasing its influence in Southeast Asia rapidly. In view of this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working with a forward-looking. He has also emphasized on strategic partnership and maritime cooperation with emphasis on regional security framework.
Under the Act East policy by Prime Minister Modi, China is being considered as a tasteless answer. Indeed, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Myanmar are increasingly interfering. In this way, India is increasing its relations with countries which are upset with China’s expansionist policies.
Significantly, China is in dispute with the South China Sea along with Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. Even after the verdict against China in the International Court, he is not accepting and increasing his interference. In such a situation, India’s policy is right that by increasing cooperation from these ASEAN countries, prepare a vote against China.
In this sequence, India is giving defense cooperation and training to Myanmar army. There is a trade of $ 8 billion between India and Thailand. Work on the trilateral highway linking India, Myanmar and Thailand is continuing, which will start by the end of 2019. Regardless of the outcome, however, the estimate of the diploma of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been different.
PM Modi’s Act East Policy
Prime Minister Modi changed the policy of UPA government’s ‘Look Up East’ policy. Launched a new ‘East East Policy’ in which these states were considered frontline states to trade in East and South East Asia-Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lavos, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Under this policy, Prime Minister Modi gave priority to improving relations with Bangladesh, and gave a solid consolidation to the neighbors through many agreements from Bangladesh.
Recently, Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, along with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee joined the Prime Minister of Bangladesh to inaugurate the Bangladesh Bhavan.
Today the relations with these countries have reached a new height. For the first time in the country, when the President of the Government of all the ten nations of the nations of the Republic of India participated in the Republic Day celebrations of 2018.
Japan’s involvement – Japan has a major role in the development of North-Eastern states in India as well as in the countries of credibility.