16 November 2007

Stories from 16 November 2007

China: Doctoral Student Accuses SARFT of Movie Censorship

  16 November 2007

Dong Yanbin, a doctoral student in China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), accused Beijing UME international movie theater and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) of castrating Ang Lee’s blockbuster Lust,Caution, Jinghua Times reported on Wednesday. His accusation had inflamed a new tide of online criticism on SARFT.

Malaysia: Book Banned

  16 November 2007

Malaysian opposition politician Lim Kit Siang regrets Malaysian government's decision to ban a book by a progressive religious scholar from Indonesia. One of the commentator feels the ban is a good thing as now more people would be interested in reading it.

Thailand: Politicians

  16 November 2007

Siam Sentinel on how Thai politicians have “graduated from lying to the people to lying to the Emerald Buddha“