Watch retailer fined for ‘sexy’ watch posters

A watch retailer was fined by the Kota Baru Municipal Council (MPKB) for allegedly displaying two ‘sexy’ watch posters, including one of Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai.

According to The Star Online, Swee Cheong Watch & Pen Co owner Lee Kum Chuan was ordered to pay fines amounting up to a few hundred ringgit even before he started operating the shop in Aeon Mall, which reportedly opened in April.

Lee reportedly runs two other similar outlets at Tesco and the KB Mall in Kota Baru.

“When I went to MPKB to apply for a business permit for the new shop (at Aeon Mall), I was told to settle the old fines for the same offence committed in KB Mall.

“I was hit with a total RM2,000 in fines but the amount was reduced to RM400. I had to pay the sum before I could get the new permit,” Lee was quoted by The Star as saying.

Lee told the news portal that he had paid fines for committing the ‘offence’ for about 10 times since the 1990s.

The Star reports that his shop in Aeon Mall was raided by MPKB enforcement officers at 3.40pm on Monday and Lee was ordered to take down the posters — one showing the Bollywood star and one showing a couple of models — by August 1.

The outfits worn by the models in the posters were reportedly deemed too ‘sexy’ by the council.

“The posters were supplied by our manufacturers,” Lee was further quoted as saying.



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