Liew returns to court controversy

Outspoken singer Prudence Liew Mei-kwan has never been the girl-next-door type, happy to touch on subjects such as sex in her songs. She has been out of the limelight for more than a decade now but has recently announced a comeback.

No stranger to controversy, Liew is unconcerned that her comeback video has already been banned. The clip features Liew provocatively dripping milk over her mouth. Later she holds an unlit cigar - which could be the reason why the track has been banned from airing on terrestrial channels.

'I don't understand what's wrong with drinking milk or making some yoga postures in a video,' Liew said. 'It's very common overseas.' (The Queen of Pop herself, Madonna, smoked a cigar in the music video for Vogue.)

'From what I have heard, the people who banned it had not even watched the actual video. But I am used to it now. Some of my old songs were banned, I am basically a banned singer,' she said.

Liew likes to test the limits of the local music market. Some of her previous songs such as Midnight Love, which defended prostitutes, were also banned. 'Why does love have to be sweet? Prostitutes also deserve to have songs that they can relate to,' Liew said.

She sees opening people's minds as her calling. 'It's funny, I think I was born with it. I feel that I have the mission to break taboos. I don't think talking about sex should be taboo,' the singer said. 'Think about it. Without sex, there would be no next generation. It's really not that big a deal to talk about it and it's dangerous for kids to guess about what sex really is.'

The unedited version of her new music video Da Kai Se Jie will not play on local free-to-air TV channels but it's not to be missed. Creative heavy hitters such as Lust, Caution's supervising art director Olympic