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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A Swaziland parliamentarian has apologized <span style="font-weight: bold">after calling for HIV-positive people to be <span style="font-style: italic">branded on the buttocks </span>
to stop the spread of the virus ravaging the country.</span>Timothy Myeni drew widespread criticism after telling a parliamentarians' workshop in Swaziland that the move would enable people to check partners for a warning stamp before sex.
"I'm very sorry. If you need me to show a sign of how sorry I am, I'm ready," SAPA news agency quoted Myeni as telling a news conference in Johannesburg on Thursday.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Critics say Swaziland King Mswati III, who chose a new wife last year at a traditional Reed Dance, sets a bad example by encouraging polygamy in a country with one of the world's highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates.</span>