Penny Wong's desire for acceptance in Malaysia may have cost Anwar Ibrahim Malay Muslim votes

 by Ganesh Sahathevan

Openly gay Penny Wong's presence in Malaysia is incongruos with 

Malaysia's oppsoition to LGBTIQ lifestyles

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong has been on a campaign to be accepted in Malaysia, her country of birth,  despite her advocacy of LGBT rights. 

Photos like the one above with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, and other Malaysian officials are immediately tweeted on to her Twitter account, but the Malaysian media seems to have avoided publicity of the same.

That is understandable given the fact that Malaysia is a Muslim country, a fact reinforced in recent state elections which saw Anwar and his unity government partners lose a significant number of seats to the Muslim party PAS.

Anwar's apparent promotion of left leaning policies is said to have been a factor in his loss. 

Penny Wong's self-promotion, aided by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation could not have helped Anwar's campaign, and is quite likely to have added to the opinion among voters in Anwar's  Malay Muslim base  that Anwar was turning too far left. 

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TOE BE READ WITH 

Saturday, March 4, 2023

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong recently visited Malaysia after pledging millions in funding for LGBTQIA+ organisations worldwide -funding commitments to Malaysian entities not disclosed

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

The Mandarin reported on Thursday 2 March 2023: 

“A new Inclusion and Equality Fund will be Australia’s first dedicated fund to support LGBTQIA+ civil society organisations and human rights defenders, international partnerships and networks — helping address social stigma and legal discrimination,” Wong said via a recorded message.
As a first step, Australia will contribute more to the Global Equality Fund, a fund focused on protecting LGBT+ rights globally.
“But this is just the start,” Wong said.
“In the coming months, I have asked our Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to consult across our region and our community to identify the areas in which we are best equipped to make a difference.
“This will inform a dedicated LGBTQIA+ human rights engagement strategy — including bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, development and humanitarian assistance.”

Wong is travelling to Malaysia and India this week, with her first visit to the latter as foreign minister.

Wong has been very public about her advocacy of gay rights but that fact has been kept silent in Australia, and by friendly media in Malaysia and Singapore.That however will not prevent questions from being raised in Malaysia about who in Malaysia is being or will be supported by Wong's funding. 

To Be Read WIth 

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Gay rights advocate Penny Wong's visit to Malaysia in her role as Australia's Foreign Minister can empower the Australian High Commission in Malaysia's advocacy for LGBTIQ rights in Malaysia

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

                                   
Penny Wong's emotional speech: same-sex marriage plebiscite 'exposing our children to hatred' – video


Australia's new Foreign Minister, Penny Wong , has announced that she will be visiting Malaysia in coming weeks. 

Her official visit will raise problems in Malaysia, given her public advocacy of gay rights, including same sex marriage (see video above). It can nevertheless  empower the  Australian High Commission in Malaysia's advocacy for LGBTIQ rights in Malaysia. 

TO BE READ WITH 

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia Andrew Goledzinowski on LGBTIQ rights in Malaysia: Corporate Malaysia is moving forward, because diversity "just works better" , embracing what are really just "human rights"

 By Ganesh Sahathevan 

A Twitter exchange between this writer and the Australian High Commissioner  to Malaysia Andrew Goledzinowski.

https://twitter.com/AusHCMalaysia/status/1369896616409194498




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Saturday, January 23, 2021

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

Posted by Ganesh Sahathevan at 11:20 PM 

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Malaysia canes women for attempted lesbian sex, but welcomes openly gay LBTQI+ advocate Penny Wong - Penny Wong's business with her country of birth suspicious, demands answers

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

                 Penny Wong and Anwar Ibrahim

In 2018 Malaysia jailed and caned two Muslim women for attempted lesbian sex.  The incident so scandalised the then High Commissioner from Australia to Malaysia, Andrew Goledzinowski  , that he tweeted his disapproval. Goledzinowski was then on a campaign to promote Australia's values of LGBTQI+ inclusion, in Malaysia. 

Into that milieu  has ventured   Australia's Malaysian born  Foreign Minister , the openly gay LBTQI+ advocate Penny Wong., who despite their apparently  conflicting worldviews, seems to have been openly welcomed by  the Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, a known Islamist. Anwar  does so despite the likely electoral costs . However, Anwar openly supports HAMAS, and Wong seems to be on a crusade  against Israel.   In addition both Penny Wong and Anwar have shown themselves to be pro-China, Anwar going to far as to deny Uyghur oppression in Xinjiang. 

To Be Read With 

Penny Wong's Sabah timber tycoon connections require investigation, may explain in part her China bias

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

This is Penny Wong (seated next to her late father Francis Wong)  in 2013, with some of the most wealthy  members of Sabah's Chinese business community. 

The Daily Express Sabah reported, on January 4 2013: 

Australian Finance Minister, Penny Wong (seated second right) attended the wedding reception of Ellie Hwong (seated second left) to Dr Joey Kong Chung Yin at the Shangrila-Tanjung Aru Beach Resort in Kota Kinabalu. Ellie is the daughter of Sabah Timber Industries Association (STIA) President, Datuk James Hwong (seated left).

Also present were Sabah Publishing House Sdn Bhd Managing Director, Datuk Clement Yeh (standing, fourth left) and his wife Datin Tina Yeh (standing fourth right), Penny's father, Francis Wong (seated right) and former senior police officer, Datuk Henry Chin (standing, second left).

Others present include businessmen Datuk Lau Kok Sing (standing third right), Koh Tiew King (standing right) and his wife and Frankie Liew.

Sabah's Chinese business community is particularly pro-China, as her Penny's brother John demonstrates in word and deed. (see story below), and as Penny has been shown to be.

It would be naive  to not consider that Sabah businessmen, and by extension, business people from China,have funded Penny's political career.  Preservation  of national security demands that Penny Wong's political funds be investigated. 

The money from Chinese sources will of course add to what appears to be ethnic loyalty driving Australia's foreign policy. 

TO B EREAD WITH 

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Penny Wong Malaysian intelligence revelations,her Malaysia based brother John Wong's United Front connections - Converging issues that require explanation by Penny Wong, and investigation by all relevant agencies

Australia's Dept Of Foreign Affairs & Trade will speak with LGBTQI communities in Southeast Asia, Pacific to identify areas in which Australia can provide financial and other support -Singapore has already warned the US Embassy Singapore that that would be considered interference in domestic politics

by Ganesh Sahathevan  

    Pink Dot Singapore may be a beneficiary of the millions Australia's Penny Wong has promised          members of "our community" in this region

The Mandarin reported on Thursday 2 March 2023, quoting Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong : 

“In the coming months, I have asked our Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to consult across our region and our community to identify the areas in which we are best equipped to make a difference."

Even Singapore , let alone Muslim majority Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, is likely to see Wong's move  as interference in domestic politics

As Reuters reported in May 2021:

Socially-conservative Singapore on Wednesday said it "noted with regret" that the U.S. embassy in the city-state had co-hosted a webinar with a local LGBT support group earlier this week.

Multi-ethnic Singapore has strict laws regulating public assembly. Foreigners are prohibited from participating in events dealing with a political cause.

"Ministry of foreign affairs has reminded the U.S. Embassy that foreign missions here are not to interfere in our domestic social and political matters, including issues such as how sexual orientation should be dealt with in public policy," it said in a statement.

To Be Read WIth 

Saturday, March 4, 2023

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong recently visited Malaysia after pledging millions in funding for LGBTQIA+ organisations worldwide -funding commitments to Malaysian entities not disclosed

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

The Mandarin reported on Thursday 2 March 2023: 

“A new Inclusion and Equality Fund will be Australia’s first dedicated fund to support LGBTQIA+ civil society organisations and human rights defenders, international partnerships and networks — helping address social stigma and legal discrimination,” Wong said via a recorded message.
As a first step, Australia will contribute more to the Global Equality Fund, a fund focused on protecting LGBT+ rights globally.
“But this is just the start,” Wong said.
“In the coming months, I have asked our Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to consult across our region and our community to identify the areas in which we are best equipped to make a difference.
“This will inform a dedicated LGBTQIA+ human rights engagement strategy — including bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, development and humanitarian assistance.”

Wong is travelling to Malaysia and India this week, with her first visit to the latter as foreign minister.

Wong has been very public about her advocacy of gay rights but that fact has been kept silent in Australia, and by friendly media in Malaysia and Singapore.That however will not prevent questions from being raised in Malaysia about who in Malaysia is being or will be supported by Wong's funding. 

To Be Read WIth 

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Gay rights advocate Penny Wong's visit to Malaysia in her role as Australia's Foreign Minister can empower the Australian High Commission in Malaysia's advocacy for LGBTIQ rights in Malaysia

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

                                   
Penny Wong's emotional speech: same-sex marriage plebiscite 'exposing our children to hatred' – video


Australia's new Foreign Minister, Penny Wong , has announced that she will be visiting Malaysia in coming weeks. 

Her official visit will raise problems in Malaysia, given her public advocacy of gay rights, including same sex marriage (see video above). It can nevertheless  empower the  Australian High Commission in Malaysia's advocacy for LGBTIQ rights in Malaysia. 

TO BE READ WITH 

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia Andrew Goledzinowski on LGBTIQ rights in Malaysia: Corporate Malaysia is moving forward, because diversity "just works better" , embracing what are really just "human rights"

 By Ganesh Sahathevan 

A Twitter exchange between this writer and the Australian High Commissioner  to Malaysia Andrew Goledzinowski.

https://twitter.com/AusHCMalaysia/status/1369896616409194498




SEE ALSO 


Saturday, January 23, 2021

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

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong recently visited Malaysia after pledging millions in funding for LGBTQIA+ organisations worldwide -funding commitments to Malaysian entities not disclosed

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

The Mandarin reported on Thursday 2 March 2023: 

“A new Inclusion and Equality Fund will be Australia’s first dedicated fund to support LGBTQIA+ civil society organisations and human rights defenders, international partnerships and networks — helping address social stigma and legal discrimination,” Wong said via a recorded message.
As a first step, Australia will contribute more to the Global Equality Fund, a fund focused on protecting LGBT+ rights globally.
“But this is just the start,” Wong said.
“In the coming months, I have asked our Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to consult across our region and our community to identify the areas in which we are best equipped to make a difference.
“This will inform a dedicated LGBTQIA+ human rights engagement strategy — including bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, development and humanitarian assistance.”

Wong is travelling to Malaysia and India this week, with her first visit to the latter as foreign minister.

Wong has been very public about her advocacy of gay rights but that fact has been kept silent in Australia, and by friendly media in Malaysia and Singapore.That however will not prevent questions from being raised in Malaysia about who in Malaysia is being or will be supported by Wong's funding. 

To Be Read WIth 

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Gay rights advocate Penny Wong's visit to Malaysia in her role as Australia's Foreign Minister can empower the Australian High Commission in Malaysia's advocacy for LGBTIQ rights in Malaysia

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

                                   
Penny Wong's emotional speech: same-sex marriage plebiscite 'exposing our children to hatred' – video


Australia's new Foreign Minister, Penny Wong , has announced that she will be visiting Malaysia in coming weeks. 

Her official visit will raise problems in Malaysia, given her public advocacy of gay rights, including same sex marriage (see video above). It can nevertheless  empower the  Australian High Commission in Malaysia's advocacy for LGBTIQ rights in Malaysia. 

TO BE READ WITH 

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia Andrew Goledzinowski on LGBTIQ rights in Malaysia: Corporate Malaysia is moving forward, because diversity "just works better" , embracing what are really just "human rights"

 By Ganesh Sahathevan 

A Twitter exchange between this writer and the Australian High Commissioner  to Malaysia Andrew Goledzinowski.

https://twitter.com/AusHCMalaysia/status/1369896616409194498




SEE ALSO 


Saturday, January 23, 2021

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

Malaysia concerned about AUKUS but silent about Australian Government's LGBT Initiatives in Malaysia - Anwar Ibrahim has not disclosed discussions with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her plans to support LGBT groups and programs in Malaysia and the region

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

          Anwar Ibrahim met Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong recently 

Malaysia has not been hesitant informing  Australia when Malaysia's national interest are threatened. Malaysia's objection to AUKUS is a good example.   

Malaysia has however remained silent about Australia's LGBT initiatives which will target Malaysia and other countries in the region. Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said recently: 

“In the coming months, I have asked our Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to consult across our region and our community to identify the areas in which we are best equipped to make a difference."

Wong is openly gay,and when she speaks of "our community" she speaks for herself as well. 

Wong met Anwar Ibrahim around the time she announced her government's LGBT intervention in countries in this region, but Anwar has said nothing about registering any protest with regards that interference in Malaysian politics.

TO BE READ WITH 

Australia's Dept Of Foreign Affairs & Trade will speak with LGBTQI communities in Southeast Asia, Pacific to identify areas in which Australia can provide financial and other support -Singapore has already warned the US Embassy Singapore that that would be considered interference in domestic politics

by Ganesh Sahathevan  

    Pink Dot Singapore may be a beneficiary of the millions Australia's Penny Wong has promised          members of "our community" in this region

The Mandarin reported on Thursday 2 March 2023, quoting Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong : 

“In the coming months, I have asked our Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to consult across our region and our community to identify the areas in which we are best equipped to make a difference."

Even Singapore , let alone Muslim majority Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, is likely to see Wong's move  as interference in domestic politics

As Reuters reported in May 2021:

Socially-conservative Singapore on Wednesday said it "noted with regret" that the U.S. embassy in the city-state had co-hosted a webinar with a local LGBT support group earlier this week.

Multi-ethnic Singapore has strict laws regulating public assembly. Foreigners are prohibited from participating in events dealing with a political cause.

"Ministry of foreign affairs has reminded the U.S. Embassy that foreign missions here are not to interfere in our domestic social and political matters, including issues such as how sexual orientation should be dealt with in public policy," it said in a statement.