太親密要坐牢!
嗯…. 想像不能在外面有任何親密的行為….
一般人是不會在public places太親密啦. 不過外國比較開放. 所以逛街看到有人親親並不會覺得稀奇. 亞洲一些地方比較保守. 像馬來西亞就有人因為”太親密”而被警察抓了…. 雖然他們只是在拉提琴看情書.
如果澳洲也有這法律的話…. 我想幾乎所有人都要去坐牢了吧?? 然後全部坐牢之後, 這國家就沒有人工作了 XD
(from BBC News, Kuala Lumpur)
Kiss warning to Malaysia tourists
By Jonathan Kent
Wednesday, 5 April 2006
Kuala Lumpur’s mayor has reassured tourists they will not face harassment if found kissing in public.
The comment comes after Malaysia’s highest court said city officials were right to prosecute a local couple for allegedly holding hands and kissing.
The couple’s lawyer warned foreigners may face up to a year in prison if they too behaved affectionately in public.
[#M_ 閱讀全文.. | 部分摘要.. | Ooi Kean Thong and Siow Ai Wei were charged with disorderly behaviour almost three years ago.
Officials claimed the couple were locked in an amorous embrace in a park beside the landmark Petronas Twin Towers.
Ms Siow said she was playing the violin while Mr Ooi read her a letter.
The case has yet to be decided, but on Tuesday the federal court rejected a challenge to the city’s decision to prosecute.
Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz commented that hugging and kissing might be “acceptable in England”, but he said it was open to question whether Malaysians took the same view.
But a warning from the couple’s lawyer that tourists could find themselves hauled up before the courts prompted Kuala Lumpur’s mayor to play down the ruling.
Mayor Roslin Hassan told the BBC that officials would simply advise people rather than arrest them if their behaviour was inappropriate.
He says holding hands is OK, but couples should not kiss too passionately in public.
TV censure
Malaysia has a Muslim majority, but people of all religions are broadly conservative in their outlook.
Local television channels reflect this by censoring kissing so viewers are left to fill in the gaps when characters about to embrace suddenly appear in different parts of the room looking shocked or emotional for no apparent reason.
The Malaysian government has had to step in to stop a number of organisations from forming private snoop squads to spy on the public and report immoral behaviour.
(Illustration: The couple is said to have been kissing near the Petronas Towers)
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