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Cable TV broadcaster fined for airing lesbian sex and bondage

Oct 24, 2006, 3:49 GMT

Singapore - StarHub Cable Vision (SCV) has been fined for airing lesbian sex and bondage footage contained in a US reality TV show, Singapore's regulator said Tuesday. The Media Development Authority (MDA) said the footage breached the 'guidelines which disallow the promotion, justification and glamorization of lesbian lifestyles and their explicit depictions,' in a statement on its website. Singapore-based cable television provider SCV was fined 10,000 Singapore dollars (6,410 US dollars). Homosexual acts are illegal in the conservative city-state. The show, "Cheaters," exposes ordinary people whom their partners suspect of having affairs. A woman was seen having sex with another woman in an episode aired between May 22 and 26. There was also a bondage session involving three women. StarHub's corporate communications manager Caitlin Fua told The Straits Times that her company was disappointed with the MDA's decision. "Cheaters" has been aired in such countries as China, India and Indonesia 'without any difficulty,' she was quoted as saying. © 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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Lesbianconnect.comDec 4th, 2007 - 12:09:01

It is a pity that it disallows the promotion, justification and glamorization of lesbian lifestyles and their explicit depictions.Otherwise we can get to know more about those aspects.

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