POKEMON NO GO

Augmented reality video game Pokemon Go, which has brought with it outlandish stories of people falling off cliffs, discovering bodies, jaywalking on busy roads and getting stuck on trees, has got into trouble in several countries

1 BOSNIA Authorities have warned players to avoid chasing creatures onto landmines left over from the 1990s conflict. The country is estimated to have tens of thousands of landmines that pose a threat to players 2 EGYPT A communications official has said the game should be banned because sharing photos or videos of security sites could put the sites at risk. A member of the defence committee called Pokémon Go the “latest tool used by spy agencies in the intel war” 3 INDONESIA The govt has banned all employees from playing the game in order to protect “state secrets”. The security establishment fears the game’s hi-tech capabilities could be used by foreign spies to access sensitive data 4 KUWAIT Authorities have banned the app at government sites and asked users to resist the urge to point cameraof the Kuwaiti phones Emir’sat creatures palace, popping mosques, out oil in front facilities or military bases 5 RUSSIA Officials have sounded warnings, saying “the consequences would be irreversible” if Pokémon players continued unchecked. Russian websites published articles claiming the game is a “CIA plot” while religious figures denounced it as being satanic 6 SAUDI ARABIA Saudi media said the country’s top clerical body has renewed a fatwa against the Pokemon game franchise for being un-Islamic since it promotes gambling and the theory of evolution. Whether that ban includes Go is unclear 7 UNITED STATES Police in Florida used a stun gun on a Pokemon Go player who resisted arrest when officers chased about 150 people out of a park after closing time. Everyone except 20-year-old David T MastrototaroBaermude complied with officers’ commands to leave the park around 10.30pm on Thursday