ASIA
Malaysia
uthorities in Malaysia conducted a nationwide raid of Swatch stores in May to confiscate 164 watches from the Swiss watchmaker’s rainbow-themed Pride collection. The raids were conducted at 11 stores by officers with the Ministry of Home Affairs on May 13 and 14, mainly at shopping malls in larger cities; warnings were issued to another five stores, according to local media. The seizures were made under the country’s Printing Presses and Publications Act of 1984, which human rights activists say has been used in the
