Malaysian Censorship Board approves ‘Beauty and the Beast’ before release date, unaware of postponement
‘Sometimes, they don’t like it when we censor their films so maybe they were unhappy with the cut we made,’ says board chairman
By Farezza Hanum Rashid
The Malaysian Censorship Board (LPF) today said Disney’s new movie, Beauty and the Beast has been approved with minor cut before its initial March 16 release date.
LPF chairman Datuk Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid told the New Straits Times that the board had already gone through the film and only made a minor cut to a “gay moment” featured in the film.
“All films from abroad come through LPF first before they are shown to the public where we censor, rate and approve or disapprove.
“In the case of the Beauty and the Beast, I have no idea why the distributor decided to postpone the release.
“Sometimes, they don’t like it when we censor their films so maybe they were unhappy with the cut we made. Whatever the reason, it was an internal issue,” he said.
On when the film will be screened in local cinemas, Abdul Halim said LPF has nothing to do with the matter as it was the distributor and cinemas’ decision.