VIVAnews - An Indonesian movie 'Rumah Dara' (literally Maiden House) starred Shareefa Danish and Julie Estelle is banned in Malaysia. The slasher movie is the first Indonesian work of motion picture that cannot be available in the Malaysian theaters.
The main reason of the banning remains unknown. However, a tweet from twitter account @RumahDaraFilm mentions that the prohibition is made due to censorship mechanism in the country.
Member of Information Commission at the House of Representatives (DPR) Tantowi Yahya said Malaysia applies its own mechanism of censorship. "I cannot say much about the censhorship in Malaysia. They may apply different criteria against us so there's no way for us to intervene in," Tantowi told VIVAnews today, Feb 5.
Tantowi said he has yet to watch the movie. Prior to being premiered in Indonesia on January 22, the movie had been on the theaters in Singapore, North America and Korea.
Rumah Dara is the first slasher movie directed by Timo Tjahjanto and Kimo Stamboel, who are widely acknowledged as The Mo Brothers.
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Translated by: Bonardo Maulana Wahono
