Film director Jurey Latiff Rosli will heed Communication and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak's request that a scene considered disparaging to DAP be removed from his movie titled “The Malay Regiment.”

“We concede. The minister's comments will be taken note of,” he told Malaysiakini.

Earlier, Salleh told Malaysiakini that he had asked the makers of the movie to remove a scene with a car bearing the number plate “DAP165”, stating that it was inappropriate.

The scene was featured in the trailer uploaded on YouTube. The movie is scheduled for screening in conjunction with the Merdeka Day celebrations on Aug 31.

Meanwhile, Jurey denied that he was attempting to portray anti-DAP sentiments in his movie.

“I don't feel that way. We did not want to show that communism is based on race. There are other races who are also communists.

“To me, the movie can be interpreted in many ways. We wanted to depict an incident which happened in 1976, an incident which serves as a lesson for us till today,” he added.

The two-minute trailer showed an army veteran recalling his role in The Malay Regiment's fight against communist insurgents.

One scene, set in the modern-era, depicted a man staring at the Parliament building. He is standing next to a car with the number plate "DAP165".

The voice over in Cantanose states, "To achieve victory, we must use our heads to rule the economy".

The man is seen clutching a 2005 satirical book by André de Guillaume titled "How to Rule the World: A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator".

The number plate "DAP165" appears to be a play on the term "DAPigs" which is often used online to disparage the predominantly-Chinese DAP.

Another scene showed men at a Chinese coffeeshop and a communist encampment cheering over news that 11 soldiers died after insurgents attacked a military helicopter.