LGBT: PAS women’s chief sees no contradiction between PM, deputy minister

PAS women’s chief Nuridah Mohd Salleh sees no contradiction in the prime minister’s recent exhortation against hate speech and the government’s push for heavier punishments for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

Yesterday, Muhyiddin Yassin told an Asean event that the regional bloc ought to employ a tougher stance against hate speech targeting a person’s gender, sexual orientation and other attributes...