S Arabia Sex boast

Saudi Arabia has closed the Jeddah office of a Lebanon-based TV network after it aired an interview with a Saudi man speaking about his

sexual escapades, a government spokesman said.

Mazen Abdul-Jawad, 32, was arrested last month in Red Sea city of Jeddah after shocking Saudi Arabia, one of the most conservative countries in the world, by recounting details of his sexual exploits on Lebanese channel LBC.

The divorced father of four spoke to camera from his bedroom in Jeddah about how couples can spice up their sex lives. "Everything happens in this room," he said on an episode of the show "Ahmar Bilkhat al-Areed" (Wide Red Lines), before descriptions of foreplay techniques and tricks for cruising women on the streets of Jeddah.

A spokesman for the ministry of culture and information in Riyadh said a committee had decided to close the Jeddah office of LBC because of the interview.

The daily al-Watan newspaper said authorities also closed other offices of LBC, mainly owned by Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal, in the kingdom. Abdul-Jawad has been charged with publicising vice and lawyers say he may face the death penalty.