There are no gays in Malaysia, tourism minister claims.

File photo. Malaysian Muslim students hold placards during a protest against the US glam rocker Adam Lambert's concert in Bukit Jalil, outside Kuala Lumpur, on October 14, 2010. (Image: AFP/Getty)

The Malaysian tourism minister has claimed that gay people do not exist in his country.

Government minister Datuk Mohamaddin bin Ketapi made the claim while speaking to the media at an event in Germany on March 5, according to Deutche Welle