By Mark Singer (Independence, Missouri) FEB 11 | Popular BBC Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills told reporters in London that he was forced to flee armed police in Uganda, after revealing to British-educated politician and member of Uganda's parliament, David Bahati, he was gay.
Mills and a BBC3 production crew were in Uganda to film an upcoming BBC 3 television special program titled 'The Worst Place to Be Gay?' During an interview with Bahati, the key author of Uganda's "Kill the Gays" bill, Mills told the politico that he was gay and Bahati became furious. Mills told reporters that the MP went "mental" and called for armed backup.
"He was scary. He ordered us to cut the cameras then brought a security guard," Mills recalled. "We ran off and he rang one of our guys saying, 'Where are they staying? What are the registration plates? I want them arrested. They won't get far.
One of Mills' colleagues lied about where the 36-year-old host was staying, thus buying them more time for escape. Mills stated:
"I'd heard horror stories about people getting arrested and roughed up and who knows what. I was scared."
Being homosexual is illegal in Uganda and there are even efforts being made there to introduce the death penalty for it.
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