Cops to meet Good Vibes Festival organisers over controversial act

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An English band’s lead singer criticised Malaysia’s LGBT laws and kissed his male bandmate on stage during the concert last night.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/07/22/cops-to-meet-good-vibes-festival-organisers-over-controversial-act/  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/07/22/fahmi-slams-the-1975-over-kissing-fiasco-during-concert/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2023/07/22/menteri-minta-penganjur-perjelas-aksi-biadab-the-1975/    Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #The1975 #GoodVibesFestival #Sepang #Kiss #LGBTQ

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00:00 [Cheering]

00:07 Alright, we've got to go. We just got banned from Kuala Lumpur. I'll see you later.

00:11 [Cheering]

00:16 The police will ask the organisers of the Good Vibes Festival in Sepang

00:20 to provide more details about a controversial incident involving the performance by UK band The 1975 last night.

00:29 Selangor Police Chief Hussein Omar Khan says there is no official investigation at this point

00:35 as no police reports have been lodged yet, adding that the concert organisers will be called later this afternoon.

00:43 During the show at the Sepang International Circuit, the band's lead singer, Mattie Healy,

00:48 criticised the Malaysia's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual laws and proceeded to kiss his male bandmate.

00:59 I don't see the point, right? I do not see the point of inviting The 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with.

01:14 [Crying]

01:27 Hussein was also unable to confirm which agency had banned The 1975 as Healy claimed.

01:35 Earlier, Communications and Digital Minister Fahmy Fazil expressed disappointment over Healy's actions in a tweet,

01:42 tweet, saying he was "very uncouth."

01:44 Thanks.

01:45 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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