Thread: Burma : Two publications suspended for using ‘indecent photos’

Two publications suspended for using ‘indecent photos’ Phanida
Friday, 28 January 2011

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Two Rangoon publications which covered the wedding reception of popular film stars Pyay Ti Oo and Eindra Kyaw Zin have been suspended by censors in the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division for publishing ‘indecent’ photographs.


A picture of a newly married couple, actor Pyay Ti Oo and actress Eindra Kyaw Zin, has been banned after it was published in the Monitor Journal this week. The picture showed Eindra Kyaw Zin wearing what state censors thought was a sexy dress, which they deemed culturally inappropriate. Photo: Mizzima

The publications, Monitor and Hello, were suspended for two weeks and one week, respectively.

‘We have been suspended for printing alleged indecent photos’, Monitor chief editor Myat Khaing told Mizzima.

The publications were suspended when editors met with press scrutiny officials at the Information Ministry, he said.

Journalists say censors provide no clear definition of ‘indecent’. In the past, actresses bearing their legs and other areas have been taken to task for ‘inappropriate’ dress.

Burmese authorities routinely punish entertainers by banning them from performing and acting in films, if they wear long hair or clothes they consider indecent, claiming the government is preserving traditional Burmese culture.

Photos of the film stars who attended the actors’ wedding reception held at the Inya Lake Hotel in Rangoon on January 21 appeared in many publications.

mizzima.com

Originally Posted by Mid

claiming the government is preserving traditional Burmese culture.

So we should see plenty of topless women around then....

Just love that military junta look.
Time for free and fare election?
Ermm.. NO.

Originally Posted by the dogcatcher

Just love that military junta look.
Time for free and fare election?
Ermm.. NO.

Now that is real culture

May have a cock?
Dunno.

^ check. Or, send Socal on an undercover mission (doesn't look like the sort that'd interest him, to me).

Fukin moronic Burmese censors; preserving traditional Burmese culture - they seem to be just like the Thai Ministry of Culture; muppets, corrupt history rewritting liars... I hate propaganda mongers in all forms. Nice pic though.