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Last Updated 25/11/2006, 09:23:32
Indonesia's Government has banned Jakarta's International Film Festival from
screening four films which explore the history of conflict in East Timor and
Aceh.
Official censors declared that the films have the potential to "disturb
security", as Indonesia Correspondent Geoff Thompson reports.
After 29 years of fighting there is now peace in Aceh and local elections will
be held next month. It was seven years ago that East Timor voted for
independence from Indonesia.
Indonesia still regards the history of those conflicts as sensitive enough to
impose a ban on the screening of three films about East Timor and one about
Aceh at the Jakarta International Film Festival in December.
A letter from the Indonesian Censorship Board to festival organisers said the
documentaries could disturb security and order in the otherwise 'conducive'
situation in the Aceh province and East Timor.
Organisers could be jailed for five years if the banned films are shown.
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