This is slightly old news, but the Malaysian organisers of a recent Pussycat Dolls concert have been fined for flouting decency laws.

Promoters Absolute Entertainment have been fined 10,000 Ringgits (£1,436) for allowing the female US act to perform “sexually suggestive” routines.

The penalty was imposed by the council which manages the Kuala Lumpur suburb where the event took place on 26 July.

The fine followed a complaint from Malaysia’s culture minister Rais Yatim, who is labouring under the strange belief that the six-strong troupe’s concert amounted to “gross indecency.”

Malaysia has a history of banning musicians. In 2003 US rock band Linkin Park were banned from wearing shorts while performing and in 2004 singer Mariah Carey was asked to cover up.

Madonna has been banned from Malaysian television and a scheduled concert by Norwegian metal band, Mayhem, was banned earlier this year.

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