Malaysian Spies To Snoop On Unmarried Lovers

A Malaysian state plans to recruit "spies" from the public to snoop on unmarried lovers and report them to Islamic religious authorities.

The state government plans to enlist the part-time spies to look out for un-Islamic behaviour, such as unmarried couples kissing or holding hands.

"Some of these 'spies' could be waitresses or even janitors at hotels acting as auxiliary undercover agents for our religious department", the head of the state government's Islamic and welfare committee, Rosol Wahid, says.

"Accurate details are required for the enforcement officers to act, otherwise they could be pouncing on married couples", he added.

Last October, religious police in another part of the mainly Muslim country mistakenly raided the rented holiday apartment of a Christian American couple on suspicion that they were unmarried Muslims in "close proximity".

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