Kelantan defends ban on lipstick

Kelantan defends ban on lipstick

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): The Islamic government of Malaysia's
Kelantan state has defended its recent ban on the excessive use
of lipstick by women, saying that such practices were a prelude
to illicit sex.

"The early move by the (UMNO) leadership to stop money
politics is similar to the ban on excessive use of lipstick which
is an early step towards fighting illicit sex," Kelantan chief
minister Nik Aziz Nik Mat was quoted yesterday by the national
Bernama news agency as saying.

Nik Aziz, who was speaking on Saturday night, was referring to
the dominant United Malays National Organization's ban on all
forms of campaigning for party elections and its efforts to stamp
out vote-buying.

Nik Aziz is also head of the northeastern Kelantan state's
Malaysia Islamic Party, known by its initials in Malay as PAS,
which seeks to create an Islamic society in Malaysia's only
opposition-ruled state.