GEORGE TOWN: Less than 24 hours after issuing a letter to cinemas in Penang not to screen the Malay movie Tanda Putera, the state government has issued another letter saying they were merely "advised" against screening the controversial movie, not to ban it.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the local authorities had inadvertently sent the earlier letter as a directive when the state executive council had decided that it would issue an advisory to cinemas planning to screen the movie.
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