Govt bans Swatch LGBT watches, owning one can result in 3 years' jail

Zikri KamarulzamanPublished: Aug 10, 2023 7:15 AM | Updated: Aug 12, 2023 5:56 PM

The government has moved to ban any Swatch watches or related material - including boxes - containing LGBT influences.

The Home Ministry in a statement today said the ban is being enacted under Section 7 of the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA) 1984 and...

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Next, we cannot even look at the rainbow in the sky without being fined or jailed. Never thought I will see the day Madani Gomen being so damned NOT CLEVER. Bird brain!

Wendy Goh09:15 AM, 10 Aug 2023

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Next, we cannot even look at the rainbow in the sky without being fined or jailed. Never thought I will see the day Madani Gomen being so damned NOT CLEVER. Bird brain!

Wendy Goh09:15 AM, 10 Aug 2023