Cops summon LGBT activist for questioning over UN speech

Annabelle LeePublished: Apr 16, 2019 10:37 AM | Updated: Apr 16, 2019 10:42 AM

The police have summoned LGBT activist Numan Afifi for questioning over a speech he delivered during Malaysia's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, last month.

Numan told Malaysiakini that an inspector from Bukit Aman's Classified Crimes Investigation Department contacted him this morning regarding the matter...

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