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Date Posted: 15:26:58 11/25/02 Mon
Author: Soul
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Subject: Malaysia doesn't like Aerobics, Geena Davis, and John Trovolta

Another 31 more films are banned

Kota Kinabalu: The Malaysian Film Censorship Board banned another 31 film productions from public screening in the country, in September this year.

According to a statement issued here on Saturday, the banned items comprised 23 movies, several episodes of a popular television series, five documentaries and an advertisement.

These productions are said to contain elements not suitable for public viewing, contrary to the provisions under Section 6(1) of the Film Censorship Act 2002, which came into effect on April 1.

In this respect, it is an offence to possess, distribute, sell, rent and screen the prohibited productions and offenders risk a fine of between RM5,000 and RM30,000 or a jail term of up to three years, or both, upon conviction. Those found guilty of promoting these productions risk being fined between RM1,000 and RM10,000.

English movies topped the list with 16 banned titles, followed by Chinese (3), Korean (3), Malay (1), Tamil (1) and Indonesian (1).

The banned English movies are Stolen Summer, The Sweetest Thing, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, Saturday Night Fever, Sculpted Buns, Hips and Thighs, Pet Sematary, The Mist of Avalon, The Score, Spider�s Web, The Warriors, China Town, The Guru, Vampires: Los Muertos and Noah�s Ark.

Also banned are television series The Geena Davis Show (Yr 1) Ep. 2, and eight episodes of Xena - Warrior Princess.

The Chinese movies are Underground Express, The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus and The Era of Vampires, while the Korean movies are The Uprising, Volcano High School and Greenfish.

Other banned movies are Anak Pontianak (Malay), Plus 2 Tingkatan Enam (Tamil) and Badai Laut Selatan Ep. 1-6 (Indonesian).

The banned documentaries are Not So Tough Aerobics, Tough Aerobic Mix, Standing Legs Firm Parts, WWE Divas Presentation (English), Taiwan Fon Yue Tan Mit (Mandarin), while the sole advertisement is Hook On (English).

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