PETALING JAYA: The winning entry of Yahoo Cili Padi Awards 2013 was disqualified few hours after the announcement of winners, when the organisers were alerted to possibility of plagiarism.
The short film titled 'Accepted' was found to be too similar to another film uploaded on Vimeo (a United States-based video sharing website) two years ago titled 'One Step Forward'.
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