PETALING JAYA, Oct 9 — Human rights group Pusat Komunikasi Masyarakat (Komas) accused Putrajaya today of trampling on civil rights by allegedly pressuring it into cancelling its screening of the banned Singaporean documentary on political exiles.
Its executive director Anna Har said Komas was merely trying to create avenues for better civil discourse and had not intended to “drum any propaganda” into anyone by screening th controversial film.
“It also violates our freedom of information and expression,” she complained.
Har who is also the director of Freedom Film Fest (FFF) director, was reacting to the forced cancellation of the screening of the Singaporean production on political exiles in the city-state
Komas had earlier alleged that the screening was pulled due to mounting pressure from Putrajaya against the venue owner in Kuantan.
Lamenting the last-minute cancellation, Har said the venue was only selected after several futile attempts to host the event in hotels.
“This is a private event and we are not screening it in theaters, so why come after us?”
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