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Malaysia’s fundamentalist state tops surfers list for
porn: report
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP)
- Internet surfers from Malaysia’s fundamentalist Islamic state in
Kelantan has topped the list of surfers who visited pornographic
websites in the country, a newspaper has reported.
The Star daily’s
Sunday paper cited research from Google Trends as saying that
Internet surfers in the city of Kota Baru in northeastern Kelantan
and the town of Kuantan in neighbouring Pahang had the highest
number of porn surfers.
It said the most popular searched words are Malay-language words
–”bogel” (nudity), “gambar bogel” (nude pictures), “seks Melayu”
(sex involving Malays) and “cerita seks” (sex stories).
Google Trends is an Internet application provider by leading
online search engine Google which provides information on broad
search patterns among surfers. It did not provide age groups of the
surfers.
A psychology professor at the Malayan University, Jas Laile
Suzana Jaafar said the development was a normal phenomenon,
especially in Kelantan, which practised conservative policies on
matters involving sexuality.
“If a teenager was the one who searched for it, it is normal
because of puberty and he has to learn about sexuality to
understand the changes they experience,” Jas Laile said, according
to the Star.
Jas Laile said in Kelantan, parents regarded the subject of sex
as a taboo and were not forthcoming with information on the
subject.
“If teenagers ask
their parents or peers, how much information can they get?”
The fundamentalist
Islamic party, PAS, that governs Kelantan imposes strict
conservative Islamic rules in the sate, which often segregates men
and women in society.
However PAS has
recently lifted a 15-year ban on public concerts, and is
considering allowing cinemas to operate, a move seen as part of its
reform measures to tone down its hardline reputation and woo young
voters.
Source:
Yahoo News
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