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International Business Times
International Business Times
Bruce Golding

Malaysia Ordered To Return 172 Swatch Watches Seized Over Gay Pride Designs

A woman looks at a collection of Swatch watches displayed in Hong Kong on April 2, 2015. (Credit: PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Malaysia's government was ordered Monday to return 172 rainbow-themed Swatch watches it seized last year on grounds that their designs promoted LGBTQ+ rights.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that the Pride Collection timepieces were illegally confiscated without a warrant during a series of raids on Swatch stores in malls across Malaysia last year, the Associated Press reported.

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