The Immigration Department is collaborating with the police and Malaysia Islamic Development Department (Jakim) to obtain information about individuals who are likely to be entering Malaysia for The Better Beer Festival 2017 and a rumoured White Party, targetted at the homosexual community.
According to Immigration Department director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali, these individuals would be “red-flagged in the system, and served with the ‘Not To Land’ notice” upon landing in Malaysia, The Star wrote. He added that the Immigration Department will be firm in denying the entry of those party-goers as the beer festival and gay party is “against [the] country’s culture”.
The announcement comes after The Better Beer 2017 event, originally slated to happen on 6 and 7 October at Publika, was cancelled last week. The cancellation is expected to affect the huge lineup of partners and sponsors of The Better Beer 2017, also dubbed Malaysia’s largest craft beer festival. PAS central committee member Riduan Mohd Nor spoke against the event, calling it a pesta maksiat (vice party).
Meanwhile, producer of White Party Bangkok, Cloud 9 Inc, clarified rumours and said the company “has no intention of bringing the event to Malaysia” and that the festival will only be held in Bangkok, according to the New Straits Times.
The statement quelled online rumours of the gay festival supposedly coming to Malaysia. According to The Star, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the White Party will be an “illegal gathering” if such an event were to be held in Malaysia.
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