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SINGAPORE: Censors have banned the film "Dr Lim Hock Siew" by filmmaker Martyn See Tong Ming, with effect from July 14 under the Films Act, saying it is against 'public interest'.
A statement from the Information, Communications and the Arts Ministry said the film "gives a distorted and misleading portrayal of Dr Lim's arrests and detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in 1963."
It added that the government "will not allow individuals who have posed a security threat to Singapore's interests in the past, to use media platforms such as films to make baseless accusations against the authorities."
Neither will it allow such individuals to use films to give a false portrayal to exculpate their guilt, or undermine public confidence in the government.
The film has also not been granted a certificate for its exhibition.
Under the Films Act, possession and distribution of a prohibited film is an offence.
An offender is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding S$10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.
Last September, censors passed "Singapore Rebel", a film by the same filmmaker which features opposition figure Chee Soon Juan.
It passed with an M18 rating - four years after it was banned.
It became the first political film to make the cut after the Films Act was amended in March to relax the rules on such films.
- CNA/al/jm
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