A United Nations special HIV/Aids envoy, who was the subject of a bizarre attack by three South African ministers this week, says he is "bewildered" at being branded a "fascist" and "arrogant" but does not want a "brawl" with the government. Steven Lewis, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special envoy to Southern Africa, told the Sunday Times that he would not report the attack to the UN even though he feels he was "inappropriately criticised". Lewis said last month that governments were liable for "mass murder by complacency" for neglecting the Aids crisis in Southern Africa".