Wearing a Swatch Pride watch in Malaysia carries a jail term
Malaysia’s government said on Thursday that anyone found wearing a product of the Swiss watchmaker Swatch’s Pride Collection could be jailed for up to three years. All Swatch products containing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer elements are banned in Malaysia and those found with them now face up to three years in jail or a fine of up to 20,000 ringgit (CHF3,828). The ban has been published in the Federal Gazette as part of a law that includes distribution and possession. The Home Ministry statement said the products are “detrimental, or possibly detrimental, to morality, public interest and national interest by promoting, supporting and normalising the LGBTQ movement which is not accepted by the general public.” + Read more: gay conversion therapies in Switzerland continue to take a toll Last May, Malaysian authorities had raided Swatch stores and confiscated more than 160 watches from its Pride Collection, which featured rainbow flag colours and messages of love…
International and Comparative SOGIESC Law - Professor Andreas R Ziegler 