(SEAPA/IFEX) – Singaporean filmmaker Martyn See has been invited for questioning by the police, news agencies have reported, two months after his documentary on a Singaporean opposition figure was forced out of a film festival in the city-state. See, 36, told Reuters that he is expected to present himself before the country’s police on 16 […]
(SEAPA/IFEX) – Singaporean filmmaker Martyn See has been invited for questioning by the police, news agencies have reported, two months after his documentary on a Singaporean opposition figure was forced out of a film festival in the city-state.
See, 36, told Reuters that he is expected to present himself before the country’s police on 16 May 2005. The filmmaker said he expects to be questioned about “Singapore Rebel”, his film on Chee Soon Juan, leader of the Singapore Democratic Party.
The Agence France-Presse news agency said See was being probed under the Films Act pertaining to “party political” films. If convicted of violating the Films Act, See could be jailed for two years or fined up to 100,000 Singapore dollars (approx. US$60,800).
See had pulled his documentary from Singapore’s International Film Festival in March after government censors advised him that the film was flaunting laws against political films.
