{"id":22397,"date":"2013-07-06T19:49:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T23:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=22397"},"modified":"2013-07-06T19:53:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T23:53:02","slug":"organisers-in-malaysia-detained-for-screening-controversial-no-fire-zone-documentary-film-on-sri-lankan-tamiis-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=22397","title":{"rendered":"Three Organisers in Malaysia Detained for Screening “No fire Zone”Documentay Film on Massacre of Sri Lankan Tamils"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBY <\/p>\n

NICHOLAS CHENG<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUALA LUMPUR:<\/strong> Three organisers of a controversial documentary film screening at the KL\/Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall were detained by Home Ministry, Immigration and police officials here Wednesday. <\/p>\n

The screening of the movie, No Fire Zone, which explores the oppression of Tamils in Sri Lanka, was organised by human rights group Pusat Komas.<\/p>\n

Programme coordinator Lena Hendry said the officers entered the hall after the movie had finished at around 8.30pm.<\/p>\n

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She said Immigration officers also forced around 150 attendees to flash their MyKads for identification and also riffled through a bag belonging to a journalist.<\/p>\n

“Yesterday, Chinese Assembly Hall owners were contacted by Sri Lankan High Commission officials.<\/p>\n

“They said the facts of the film were not right and urged them to stop the screening.<\/p>\n

“We tried to fix an appointment with them to discuss it and even invited it to the screening. They said they would meet us today evening but never showed up,” Lena claimed.<\/p>\n

She said the officers arrived around 8.10pm and tried to enter the premises as organisers attempted to negotiate with them.<\/p>\n

“I don’t want to say the High Commission was involved in this but the recent events leading to this raises questions,” she said.<\/p>\n

Those detained were taken to the Dang Wangi police station to have their statement recorded.<\/p>\n

Home Ministry and Immigration officials present at the scene refused comment.<\/p>\n

However, when contacted, Dang Wangi deputy OCPD Supt Nor Azman Muhammad Yusof denied that police were involved in the operation.<\/p>\n

“Refer to the other authorities on this matter. We are not a part of it whatsoever,” he said.<\/p>\n

A financial analyst who who was at the screening said authorities asked the audience to flash their MyKads several times but did not jot down any particulars.<\/p>\n

“Honestly, I think they really have no right to do that and they didn’t even give any reasons for it,” she said.<\/p>\n

KUALA LUMPUR : The police held a raid after the screening of “No Fire Zone” which took place at the KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall last night. <\/p>\n

The raid took place after the screening ended at around 8:30 pm.<\/p>\n

Following the raid, 150 audience members were only asked to show their MyKad. Three individuals from Pusat Komas, a non-governmental organization believed to be the organizer of the event, were taken to the Dang Wangi Police District Headquarters. According to reports, the trio are Arul Prakkash, Lena Hendry and Anna Har.<\/p>\n

Also involved during the raid are officers from the Home Ministry and Immigration department.<\/p>\n

“No Fire Zone” is a documentary about the final weeks of Sri Lanka’s civil war. The documentary covered the entire period from September 2008 to the year 2009 in which thousands of Tamils were killed by the Sri Lankan army.<\/p>\n

It was believed that the Sri Lankan High Commission in Kuala Lumpur made a complaint about the film which portrayed the brutal treatment of the Sri Lankan army towards the ethnic Tamil minority from the northern part of the country.<\/em><\/p>\n

From the latest report received from a source, all three of them refused to provide any statements to the police. <\/p>\n

COURTESY:Star,astrowani<\/em><\/p>\n

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BY NICHOLAS CHENG KUALA LUMPUR: Three organisers of a controversial documentary film screening at the KL\/Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall were detained by Home Ministry, Immigration and police officials here Wednesday. The screening of the movie, No Fire Zone, which explores the oppression of Tamils in Sri Lanka, was organised by human rights group Pusat Komas. …<\/p>\n

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