Many netizens praised the minister for the way he conducted himself during the interview.
The minister also pointed out that the BBC concentrated last year on the case of one man, Nagaenthran, and not on the bigger picture of Southeast Asia’s sizable drug problem.
“The trafficker wants to make money. He… is damaging the lives of drug users, their families – damaged, often seriously destroyed.” The minister went on to talk about the non-persecution of peplum who engage in gay sex, in spite of Section 377A of the Penal Code, calling it a “messy compromise” since there are some who don’t want the law repealed.
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