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| Siapa pengantin , siapa yang dijemput? |
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| Rupa-rupanya mereka lah pasangan yang berkahwin |
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A gay Malaysian pastor said on Monday he had held a wedding banquet with his American partner despite earlier outrage by conservatives in the Muslim-majority country opposed to their union.
Mr Ngeo Boon Lin, who has authored a number of books on gay and other issues under the name Ouyang Wen Feng, said he held the private, traditional Chinese wedding celebration at a restaurant in the capital Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
"I wanted to inspire others to speak the truth and to stand up for our rights," he told AFP. Mr Ngeo married his partner, African-American Broadway musical producer Phineas Newborn III, last year in New York, where they live. That came shortly after same-sex marriages were legalised there.
Homosexuality remains a largely taboo subject in Malaysia - sodomy is punishable by 20 years in prison - and Mr Ngeo came under attack from Islamic and Christian figures alike when he first announced his wedding plans.
