Malaysia A Haven For Low-Quality Porn

Malaysia has been criticised for having some of the lowest-quality porn after it was revealed the top selling X-rated DVD featured an ageing Health Minister and his “personal friend”. The video has been scathingly described by industry experts as “poorly performed”, “amateurish” and “low-resolution”. One prominent distributor has even labelled it as the anti-Viagra. It is obvious that when it comes to pornography, Malaysians have very poor taste and the industry is still relatively underdeveloped. But are we so desperate that we are willing to be sexually stimulated by sex visuals of 60 year old Chua Soi Lek screwing his friend? Have we run out of good looking, horny Malaysians who are immoral enough to star on a porn video? Surely we can do better.

One of the prevailing features of a First World country is a highly-developed adult entertainment industry. Germany is infamous for its kinky leather strap-on performers, while Sweden is world-renowned for its blonde suntanned bombshells. Even miniscule Singapore has a chunky slice of the global porno pie since Annabel Chong played a leading role in a group sex scene. And the best we can come up with is a decrepit Health Minister? What happened to Malaysia Boleh? If Malaysian politicians are serious about transforming this country into a proud industrialised nation, then they need to spend more time devising policies to improve the quality of our porn, instead of wasting taxpayer money starring in them.

Was The Health Minister’s Resignation Justified?

Earlier today Health Minister and MCA Vice President Chua Soi Lek resigned from his post after he was caught on tape having sex with another woman. His resignation wasn’t a surprise, and neither was his affair. Sad as it is, extra-marital affairs are quite common in this supposedly morally-righteous nation of ours, and politicians are not exempt; in fact they seem to lead the way.

However, is his infidelity a valid cause for resignation? We all agree that people’s personal affairs should be kept in the private domain, yet in this case Chua Soi Lek’s sexual escapades seem to have a bearing on his professional competence as Minister for Health. If he had had sex with a prostitute, and he ignored to use a condom, then it would’ve been understandable for him to resign. After all, we can’t have a Health Minister encouraging unsafe sex now, can we? But is he also obliged to act as a guardian of morality in his capacity as a politician?

In many societies the public has been able to accept that a politician’s sexual deviations, immoral as they may be, do not necessarily reflect their capability in the professional sphere. Bill Clinton may have received oral sex from his intern and lied about it, but he is widely regarded as one of the brightest American presidents, whose leadership continues to be highly sought after. Australian PM Kevin Rudd was enthusiastically elected into office despite being caught visiting a strip club; the Australian electorate understood that the most important criteria for a politician is professional ability, not the degree of fidelity.

In a country like Malaysia, where politicians are looked up as role models, it is understandable that the public feels let down when a politician is exposed as being less-than-perfect. But if this was America, and we had to choose between the born-again Christian, socially-conservative George W. Bush, and the blowjob-loving, alleged sex addict liberal Bill Clinton, we’d gladly choose the latter.