Owner of “Gay‑Friendly” Hotel in Melaka Apologises, Says Promotional Material Was an Oversight

Owner of “Gay‑Friendly” Hotel in Melaka Apologises, Says Promotional Material Was an Oversight

The owner of what had been described as a “gay-friendly” hotel in Melaka has expressed regret and conceded that lapses occurred in how the establishment was

Owner of ‘gay-friendly’ hotel in Melaka apologises

She said that the promotional material on the hotel’s website was uploaded due to negligence. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Melaka council suspends licence of ‘gay-friendly’ hotel

The hotel owner is also issued a compound fine notice and has been asked to comply with a set of conditions to regain the business licence.

Malaysian authorities shut down hotel for promoting itself as 'gay friendly'

Authorities in Malaysia have shut down a hotel that was accused of promoting itself as a gay friendly accommodation provider. The 37 room hotel in Meleka state was raised just before 11am on 13th January by the country’s religious affairs department and the local council authority. Authorities said they were acting on information that the regions Islamic religious laws were being broken with incidents of “sodomy, attempted sodomy and other unnat…