MAY 29 — Reports of authorities having raided the Malaysian stores of Swiss watchmaker Swatch and confiscated items from its “Pride Collection” bearing the rainbow flag...
of authorities having raided the Malaysian stores of Swiss watchmaker Swatch and confiscated items from its “Pride Collection” bearing the rainbow flag associated with the LGBTQ movement, first appeared last Monday, May 22.business weekly, Home Ministry enforcers seized the items from Swatch outlets in Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, 1 Utama, Sunway Pyramid, Setia City Mall, Mid Valley Megamall, Southkey, Sunway Putra Mall, Sogo KL, Queensbay, Fahrenheit 88 and Suria Sabah on May 13 and 14.
“We strongly contest that our collection of watches using rainbow colours and having a message of peace and love could be harmful for whomever.” the CEO was quoted as saying by Options When Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim reportedly said that the seizure was not about the issue of the colours displayed on the watch, but the letters “LGBTQ” – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer – inscribed on the face, Hayek refuted the claims, stating that the seized watches did not contain any reference to the LGBTQ community.
"Swatch has not included any reference to the LGBT community on the dials of this year's Pride Collection,” Hayek said in a statement to an online news portal.has now reported that the seized Swatch watches have the letters LGBTQ inscribed on the face. This was according to a home ministry source, who told FMT the authorities only seized watches that contained those letters.
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