KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — Swiss watchmaker Swatch has filed a lawsuit against the Malaysian government and Home Ministry officials to seek compensation and the return of 172 seized...
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — Swiss watchmaker Swatch has filed a lawsuit against the Malaysian government and Home Ministry officials to seek compensation and the return of 172 seized watches which were allegedly linked to Pride, otherwise known as the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights movement.
The Swatch Group Sdn Bhd had on June 24 filed the lawsuit via a judicial review application at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur. It named the four respondents as the Home Ministry chief secretary, the Home Ministry’s enforcement division’s secretary, the home minister and the government of Malaysia. Watches are displayed for sale at a Swatch store at Setia City Mall in Shah Alam May 25, 2023. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Before filing the lawsuit, Swatch had through its lawyers sent a June 9 letter to the Home Ministry to demand the return of the seized watches, but said it has yet to receive a response.
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