Mohammad Saiful Bukhari Azlan tells the police he has been forcibly sodomised by the powerful politician Anwar Ibrahim, powerful in a political sense though not in a physical one. As the alleged perpetrator was 61 at the time and his accuser 24, plod smelt a rat. When this was put to him, Mohammad – or perhaps that should be simply Mo – decided he had merely been seduced. Unfortunately, even consensual sodomy is illegal in Malaysia, regardless of why the catamite drops his trousers.
Depraved though such behaviour may be, does it make sense to lock up sodomites with men? The details need not concern us, but although Anwar Ibrahim beat the rap(e), he ended up being sentenced to five years. This was not the first time he had been accused of mounting another man like a dog. He is married too, and his wife, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, is certainly not unattractive for a woman of her age. Alas, some people cannot but help feast with panthers.
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