"Kelantan state police chief Mohd Yusof Mamat said that officers found no evidence of sexual activity at the party, but they did discover condoms and HIV medication, suggesting that sexual activity may have been planned for later on. Police also found that three men had explicit adult images on their phones - police arrested and charged those three individuals. The officers didn't arrest any additional people because they could find neither incriminating evidence nor specific charges to press against them."
"'During interrogation, [party attendees] admitted that they belonged to a homosexual group,' Mamat said. 'We are concerned about this type of behavior... We will continue to monitor the movements of homosexual groups.' The police chief said over 100 local men attended the party, though most of them had left by the time the raid began. Like one-fourth of the world, Malaysia's anti-gay laws were originally imported by British colonizers."
Police in Kelantan arrested 12 men during a raid on a party suspected to be gay, following 20 arrests in Kota Bharu amid a nationwide crackdown on LGBTQ+ people. Officers found condoms and HIV medication but no direct evidence of sexual activity, and charged three men for explicit adult images on their phones. Interrogations reportedly produced admissions of belonging to a homosexual group, and authorities said they would monitor such groups. Over 100 local men reportedly attended the gathering. Malaysia's anti-gay laws trace to British colonial statutes and are amplified by powerful clerics and politicians.
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