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</DIV><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=4><B>Spies to snoop on
unmarried lovers</B></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2>From
correspondents in Malaysia</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif
size=1>20feb07</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif><FONT
size=2>A MALAYSIAN state plans to recruit "spies" from the public to snoop on
unmarried lovers and report them to Islamic religious authorities.<BR><BR>The
Terengganu State Government plans to enlist the part-time spies to look out for
un-Islamic behaviour, such as unmarried couples kissing or holding hands, the
<EM>Star </EM>daily newspaper said. <BR><BR>"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, was quoted as saying. <BR><BR>"Accurate details
are required for the enforcement officers to act, otherwise they could be
pouncing on married couples." <BR><BR>Last October, religious police in another
part of this mainly Muslim country caused an outcry when they 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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