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JLo's Morocco performance to be investigated
Los Angeles, June 9
Singer Jennifer Lopez's
performance at Mawazine Festival, aired on Morocco's 2M network, must be
investigated, Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane has ordered.
Benkirane
called the performance "serious delinquency", saying it contained
"disgraceful scenes". He also labelled Lopez's on-stage antics as
"sexually suggestive", insisting the broadcast violated the audiovisual
laws of the country, reports bbc.com.
In a letter to the
president of Morocco's High Authority of Audiovisual Communication, the
prime minister said it was necessary to "take legal measures against
those responsible" as the performance had "sexual overtones... which
were indecent and provocative to the religious and moral values of
Moroccan society".
Lopez has performed in Morocco earlier with no
trouble. However, it is the first time one of her concerts has been
broadcast on television.
In the event that Lopez and her promoters are prosecuted, the sentence could be up to two years in prison.