KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — Earlier this week, the Home Ministry seized over 100 watches from local branches of popular Swiss watchmaker Swatch, purportedly due to links to the...
KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — Earlier this week, the Home Ministry
Swatch celebrating diversity with watch models in the full range of the Pride colours. — Screengrab from Swatch Malaysia's website Also seized was the watch model"Peace Hand Love" under Swatch's Pride collection, which featured a multi-colour print matching the six colours of the Pride Flag and with a hand showing the"peace" sign. This has a retail price of RM570.
On May 14, three locations in Kuala Lumpur had Swatch watches seized and 12 seized in Southkey in Johor Baru. Based on a seizure form sighted by Malay Mail regarding one of the outlets, 22 units of Swatch watches"with LGBT elements" were stated as seized by the Home Ministry's enforcement and control division, with the reason stated as allegedly contravening the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 .
"We strongly contest that our collection of watches using rainbow colours and having a message of peace and love could be harmful to whomever. On the contrary, Swatch gives always a positive message of joy of life.
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