Swatch case: Malaysian court ruling on ‘illegal’ seizures of Pride watches remain as Home Ministry did not appeal

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Swatch case: Malaysian court ruling on ‘illegal’ seizures of Pride watches remain as Home Ministry did not appeal
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 — The High Court ruling which found Malaysia’s Home Ministry’s seizures last year of 172 Swatch watches worth RM64,795 — without search warrants and...

Previously on November 25, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur decided that the Home Ministry ’s May 2023 raids of Swatch stores in Malaysia and seizure of the 172 watches were illegal, as the searches were done without warrant.

The 172 seized watches are from Swatch’s collections linked to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights movement known as the Pride movement. On June 24, 2023, the Swatch Group Sdn Bhd filed its lawsuit at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur against four respondents: the Home Ministry chief secretary, the Home Ministry’s enforcement division’s secretary, the home minister and the Malaysian government.

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