(AFP) A female lawmaker came under fire for wearing allegedly indecent clothes in parliament, a report said today, just days after a private radio station was suspended for airing a sexy hotline conversation.

The Malay Mail newspaper said the outfit worn by Deputy Culture, Arts and Tourism Minister Ng Yen Yen was not sexy or vulgar, but it caught the eye of Che Ghani Che Ambak, an MP from PAS.

"There is a deputy minister in the House who is not dressed properly ... can you do something about it," Che Ghani demanded in parliament.

But Muhamad Abdullah, deputy Speaker, defended Ng's attire, saying she was decently dressed.

Undeterred, Che Ghani reminded MPs that standing orders require women in the federal parliament to wear long-sleeved blouses and not short-sleeves, which Ng was wearing with a shawl.

PAS, which rules the two northeastern states of Kelantan and Terengganu, requires Muslim women to cover their bodies from head to toe, just short of a veil over the face.

'Pornographic' material

On Wednesday, the government announced that a radio program aired by a private station - Time Highway Radio - was indecent and lacked morals.

Leo Moggie, Energy, Communication and Multimedia Minister, punished the station by suspending the program for a week effective from Monday for airing "pornographic" material.

A ruling party MP recounted in parliament that the coversation between a male DJ and a female listner about a sex stimulant contained "suggestive innuendoes."

Some 60 percent of Malaysia's 23 million people are Muslim, and Islam is the official religion, but there are large minorities of Buddhists, Hindus and Christians among the Chinese and Indian communities.