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Malaysia: Bakun Dam TV Documentary Series Terminated
Date : 01/05/2010
Category : Media Freedom
Country : Malaysia
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Malaysia: Bakun Dam TV Documentary Series Terminated

     

 

  1 May 2010

A nine-part TV2 Mandarin documentary series which was to be aired from 26 April to 7 May was forced off the air after only episodes were shown.

 

The documentary series was supposed to report on the social impact faced by more than 10,000 natives of the Belaga area who were forcibly relocated to Sungai Asap and Sungai Koyan area in 1998 to make way for the controversial Bakun Dam. Two episodes of this documentary were aired on 26 and 27 April before the series was yanked off.

Chou Z Lam, the producer of the documentary, revealed in a blog post that this was another instance of news interference by the Malaysian government. He was told that some  “sensitive elements” in the documentary could be harmful to the coming Sibu by-election and the Sarawak state election.

Chou felt sorry for the people of Sungai Asap whom he had interviewed, for their problems and voices could not be heard now by the people of east and west Malaysia.

Source: Aliran

 
 
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