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In Kuala Lumpur, an Indonesian maid posed in her underwear for pictures her female employer promised would appear in the Indonesian version of Playboy, then complained after receiving no payment. The woman who took the pictures said she was just playing a joke on her maid. The maid can’t go to the police, since in Malaysia it’s illegal to pose for or to take nude photographs, and she would also face charges there.

It seems to me that the more they try to make sexual expression a crime, the more people wind up getting hurt by the stupid laws people create.

original story here…
Employer’s joke dashes maid’s Playboy hopes

While the first U.S. editions showed more skin than the new Indonesian Playboy, that sure didn’t stop some people there from grabbing them up as soon as they went on sale. And it didn’t stop others from being completely outraged about the very idea of Playboy being allowed in their country.

The Indonesian version of the magazine doesn’t even expose a nipple, so forget about any full frontal nudity here. And yet there are still people saying the very name Playboy is something they object to.

Full story available below.

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