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Malaysian court orders return of Swatch watches seized over LGBTQ designs

A flag celebrating LGBTQ pride [Andrew Kelly/Reuters]

A Malaysian court has ordered the government to return dozens of Swatch watches seized by authorities over their designs celebrating LGBTQ pride.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court on Monday ruled that the Ministry of Home Affairs should return the 172 rainbow-themed watches after finding that they had been seized illegally without a search warrant.

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