Australia and its High Commissioner attempt to impose Australian LGBT norms on Malaysia, critical of Malaysia's sharia law: unclear how his intervention serves Australia's interests

 by Ganesh Sahathevan

Australia's High Commissioner to Malaysia Andrew Goledzinowski

Australia's High Commissioner to Malaysia Andrew Goledzinowski has issued at least two tweets critical of Malaysia's sharia based LGBT laws. It is unclear how these tweets serve Australia's interests in Malaysia and the ASEAN region:

Andrew Goledzinowski

@AusHCMalaysia

A 1st for

. Terengganu flogs women for “attempted sex”. Terengganu is not a UN member. But

is a UN member and will sign #UNhumanrights treaties. So these floggings will be the last?

@MalaysiaMFA

@hrw

@OHCHRAsia

@SUHAKAM

@malaysianbar

@SistersinIslam

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TheMalaysianInsight

@msianinsight

· Sep 3, 2018

JUST IN: Two women who have been charged for same-sex relations were caned today in Terrengganu despite a widespread outcry against their sentencing. The duo, aged 32 and 22, were caned this morning whilst witnessed by some 100 people

2:58 PM · Sep 3, 2018 from Kuala Lumpur City, Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory·Twitter for iPhone

Andrew Goledzinowski

@AusHCMalaysia

Unfortunate news...

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The Star

@staronline

· Jan 20

Minister: Heavier punishments on LGBT not ruled out https://thestar.com.my/news/nation/2021/01/20/minister-heavier-punishments-on-lgbt-not-ruled-out… https://thestar.cohttps://twitter.com/AusHCMalaysia/status/1351843305538117632