Beyond The Barrio: Malaysian Health Minister Pulls A Noelia, Resigns

Malaysia’s Health Minister, Chua Soi Lek, has resigned after recently acknowledging he is the star of two pornographic DVDs that have been circulating around his home state. The videos feature the married Health Minister in various positions over the course of an hour with a “personal friend:”

According to Malaysia’s Star newspaper, the DVDs are believed to be CCTV recordings made in a hotel suite. The hotel and the date are unknown.

Copies were reportedly left at various locations in Mr Chua’s home state of Johor, on Saturday, “for people to pick up”.

Mr Chua made his admission on Tuesday, hours after the Star reported that the DVDs were being widely distributed.

You might say the DVDs feature him getting Malaid. High five, bro!

“I am the man in the tape,” Mr Chua, 60, told reporters. “The girl is a personal friend.”

“I would like to emphasise I did not make the tape myself,” he added.

Chua has faced criticism in the past for wanting to make free condoms easily accessible to Malaysians in an effort to combat sexually transmitted diseases, particularly the spread of HIV, despite opposition from religious groups. Why are we suddenly in the mood to be beaten about the face with an overripe plantain? Odd.

Malaysia MP quits over sex DVDs [BBC]