The Information Department should screen Tanda Putera in an outdoor cinema to counter urgings by the Penang government and other quarters for the controversial film not to be screened, said Khairy Jamaluddin.

NONE In slamming the “ request ” by the Penang government, the youth and sports minister said such a historical film should be viewed as it tells the story of fellow statesmen who rescued the nation following the May 13, 1969 racial riots.

Telling the rakyat to catch the movie, Khairy ( right ) stated that the government was not angry at any one race.

“The film shows events in history where we were angry at the Communists, comprising the Chinese and Malays. We are angry at the terrorists, not at any race.

“I hope they (cinema operators) carry on (screening the movie). Despite efforts in Penang and elsewhere to block (the screening), I ask the Information Department to send mobile cinemas to all fields in Penang.

“Screen Tanda Putera , if indeed it is not allowed,” he said during a press conference this morning.

Khairy also said that the Penang government’s urging for the movie not to be screened was “unreasonable and double-standards” as the state is governed by a party that upholds democracy and freedom of speech.

“Suddenly when there is a film based on history, they asked it not to be screened. This is double-standards,” he said.

“When it affects them, there is no longer freedom of expression, freedom of speech. There is no longer a manifestation of democracy through creative freedom,” he added.

Khairy claimed that he had watched the movie and said it had “nothing to do” with DAP leaders.

“Why is Lim Guan Eng feeling slighted. It has nothing to do with him and Lim Kit Siang. This is a historical story,” he said.

“If there are scenes in the film that uses creative licence, which are caused by the creativity of the director, that is normal in any historical film,” he added.

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