the scandal has shocked the general public and ignited debate about sexual morality. the blanket coverage of the local press, their reporting style, and the appearance of photographs has also been met with public complaints to tela. tela suspected that at least two journals violated the obscene articles ordinance, and sent copies of issue no. 936 of "next magazine" and issue no. 531 of the "oriental sunday" magazine to the oat for classification. the tribunal returned an interim classification of "class i", meaning the magazines were "neither obscene nor indecent", and tela demanded a full public hearing to review its decision. the oat, the method of selecting its adjudicators, and the obscene articles ordinance, came under fire. it reportedly classified michelangelo's ""david"" as "indecent" by adhering rigidly to a definition.