Myanmar's film censorship board said Wednesday it banned the screening of a love story featuring an ethnic leader over fears it could derail an ongoing peace process with the country's rebel armies.
The ban highlights the lingering limits on free speech in the former junta-run country, despite its new civilian government led by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi.
The Austrian-directed film, "Twilight Over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess," is set in mid-20th century Myanmar. It tells the true story of an Austrian woman and her marriage to a Shan prince who was arrested in the wake of the 1962 military coup before dying in mysterious circumstances. (Courtesy of nationmultimedia.com)
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