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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Paul McAuley

Man who was 'not gay enough' to stay in UK loving life in Liverpool

A man who was once told he was 'not gay enough' to stay in the UK is now loving life in the city.

Yew Fook Sam faced being sent back to his home country where homosexuality is illegal - because the government said he was lying about his sexuality. The 71-year-old feared deportation to Malaysia, where he claims he could have been thrown in jail, attacked or killed.

Home Office officials believed he had lied about his sexuality in order to remain in the UK, citing the fact he does not have a male partner as evidence.

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