KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A Malaysian couple caught by enforcement officers holding hands in a public park have been charged in court with indecent behaviour, local media said.
Ooi Kean Tong, 22, was charged Wednesday for allegedly hugging and kissing his girlfriend Siow Ai Wei, 20, in a Kuala Lumpur park, the New Straits Times reported.
Ooi pleaded not guilty to the charge of indecent behaviour and his case will be heard in court on July 21. If found guilty, he could face a maximum fine of 2,000 ringgit (526 dollars) or a year in jail or both.

Siow will be served with the summons next week, the report said.

The couple were caught on August 2 last year by city hall officers responsible for enfocing local government regulations.

The case provoked a public outcry at the time when the couple said they were only holding hands and alleged that they were issued a summons because they had refused to bribe the officers, who were charged with corruption in January.

Non-governmental organisations and government politicans have decried the move, saying it would make Malaysia the laughing stock of the world and affect its booming tourism industry.Link

In the United States and most other places it's quite different. I was once spotted by state police as my girlfriend and I had sex in my car. They just watched.

That is really... stupid.

Seriously, I can't think of any other way to respond to it.

It most be a good distraction for someone to abduct a kid from the park while they're busy dealing with serial kissers.

ah, the sad mockery that is the legal system of today. people being sued for making coffee hot, ice cream cold, and water wet.

strange times.

Even though I have sensitive teeth (You can ask Chop Top about that)

I'm still not suing Ben and Jerry's because they make Ice cream cold and I like their Cherry Garcia

Though.... Marvel comics.....

I wonder if I could sue them for anguish because they did a LAME a... story line to kill off my favorite character of theirs...

I'll have to check on that one....