Friday, December 16, 2011

Ariff Alfian Rosli, the reigning queer of Malaysian infamy in the UK (& British Isles)

Bow over Fatine - Pondan Malaysia Glamer di UK, here comes the bigger kick ass problem ever created by a Malaysian in the UK and British Isles and by any standard at the moment.


At a time when it would be better without something that could put us Malaysians living abroad in embarrassment, this Malaysian gay student is creating ripples and making waves that could re-ignite intellectual wars between conservatives and the liberals again.


The father of this Malaysian, Rosli Harun (56) is at loose ends with the problems created by his son, Ariff Alfian Rosli. Ariff, a medical student supposedly studying under a Petronas scholarship in University College Dublin (UCD) in Dublin, Ireland has 'disappeared' in the British Isles. He has refused to meet his family members or the Malaysian embassy officials since 2009.


Ariff did his preclinical studies in 2003 - 2005 and later clinical (2005 - 2008). He is supposed to graduate in 2008 but has yet to finish his studies. He needs another 38,000 Euros (RM160,000) for another academic year to complete, but unfortunately Petronas has refused to extend his stay here. Petronas, on the other hand claimed RM890,000 from his father as the first guarantor as Ariff had violated the loan agreement with the former.

In early 2009 Ariff came back home and made an attempt to complete his studies locally and it was at this junction his relationship with his father declined. In June that year he left the country for Ireland again and was not heard of ever since. 


Since 2009 Rosli Harun and his wife Kamariah Hashim, 55 went eight times to Dublin and Universiti College Dublin (UCD) in search for their son, but couldn't locate him. 


On 13 December  Utusan Malaysia reported on the missing of Ariff and related the father's worry of his son's safety and aqidah (religiosity). The news report: Pelajar Perubatan Hilang di Dublin.


On 14 December, Malaysian Envoy to the Ireland, Datuk Ramli Naam revealed that the Malaysian Embassy and Wisma Putra cannot disclose the whereabouts of Ariff Alfian in Ireland due to the Dublin Personal Data Protection Act. The Immigration Dept of the Republic of Ireland also refused to reveal facts on the boy due to the said act. The immigration status of Ariff Alfian in Dublin is said to be valid and all his documents including visa is also valid. 


The latest news on Ariff as virally reported on several blogs the past few days is that he is now married with the name Jim Alfian in a glorious ceremony with a youth named Jonathan in Ireland.









I do not know whether to congratulate, commiserate or sympathize to the family on this boy's marriage to another man. But one thing for certain is that Jim Alfian has reign over the glamour of Fatine for being the Malaysian boy of infamy in the UK and the British Isles.


The pictures tell the story.



10 comments:

  1. Republic of Ireland is not UK. Get your facts right bro. Peace.

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  2. Yes, republic of Ireland is not in UK. I stand corrected. thanks

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  3. Well then, correct your blog; until you do that, nothing in your blog is believable.

    Also, the term British Isles died in 1922 when the British were forced to depart from most of Ireland & its associated islands.

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  4. Thanks Phillip Brennan. Never believe in blogs, check the story first before u put any trust in it. Thanks also for the history on the term of British Isles. I will for now maintain the term as politically it is used widely, and the Republic of Ireland lies somewhere on the map on the British Isles. I stand corrected.

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  5. "At a time when it would be better without something that could put us Malaysians living abroad in embarrassment"

    Believe me, it's not Rosli who's embarrassing Malaysians abroad. Rather, it's the over-the-top reaction of fundamentalists - including death threats to him - and the bizarre sight of a government in charge of a country wracked by religious and racial divides and with a plummeting economy sending a minister to Ireland to deal with this "problem"! I

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  6. Thanks Paul Moloney for your response. Rosli & Jonathan could have chosen not to disclose their marriage, but they prefer to tell the world. Rosli has been living secretly from his parents & the Msian authorities for 3 years, why can't he keep it that way with the marriage. They know what is going to happen if the M'sian authorities found out abt it. Now the Msians authorities are going to take action if Rosli comes back home. I know why he is doing this, same case with Fatine. Now he cannot undo things.

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  7. "if Rosli comes back home."

    Given that he's been 8 years in Ireland - that is, the vast majority of his adult life - and given that he's not allowed to be who he is back home and is danger of being jailed and whipped, I severely doubt he plans to go back at all. And weddings tend to be public affairs; we have no idea how the photos got into the public domain and frankly that's irrelevant. Civil partnership is recognised and legal in Ireland.

    And given that, as a legal partner of an Irish citizen, he's now entitled to permanent residence here, I do hope the Malaysian authorities aren't dumb enough to cause a diplomatic incident over this. If the ambassador is smart (I'm sure he is), he'll come to Ireland, relax, have a few Guinnesses, and fly home feigning ignorance.

    I could also comment on the sheer hypocrisy of religious authorities getting annoyed at the mere existence of a single gay Malaysian in Ireland. If they are so exercised about this issue, an evening stroll down Jalan Sultan Ismail to preach to the transexual prostitutes should be on the cards.

    Finally, may I congratulate the happy couple - mazel tov!

    P.

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  8. Patutlah macam pernah tengok. Orang USM. Thanks for the write up. Saya pinjam nak link dalam blog saya. Saya pun nak ulas kes ini. :)

    Jumizah Samsudin, Staff PP Sains Kemasyarakatan.

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  9. http://www.jumiesamsudin.com/2011/12/perkahwinan-melayu-gay-bertanjak-berani.html

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  10. Thanks Jumie Samsudin for the link and introduction. You sure have a lovely blog and a lively one too. Will come back and check your blog again.

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