00:00 Well, the National Security Minister quotes from Section 219 of the Defense Act to state
00:06 the government's position about what qualifies or does not qualify as camouflage.
00:12 TV6 News sought clarification from the minister about that issue during a media conference
00:17 today, as some people had been seen wearing what resembles camouflage at a FET this past
00:24 weekend.
00:25 "It has to be part of their clothing or apparel," means that if a handbag is in camouflage,
00:32 that's not clothing or apparel.
00:35 You follow?
00:36 "And it must so closely resemble," which means if it appears in pink or yellow and brown,
00:47 you follow me?
00:48 It doesn't closely resemble.
00:50 "I continue, as may cause such person to be mistaken for a member of the Defense Force."
01:00 So that if she turns up in a real thin shorts in the camouflage color and a white or pink
01:18 top, that doesn't exactly resemble the uniform of the Defense Force.
01:25 The National Security Minister then referred to a recent court ruling on the issue of camouflage.
01:31 This thing has to, as I said, resemble.
01:35 It has to be someone trying to pretend or it might create confusion in the minds of
01:40 a reasonable observer.
01:42 But as I said, it excludes the question of pink camouflage print or yellow camouflage
01:49 print or the handbag or the umbrella and that kind of thing.
01:54 And the court is well aware of it.
01:55 It actually says in the judgment, the court is able, there's no complexity in the court
02:05 understanding what camouflage means and how it ought to be applied in any particular case.
