Showing posts with label Myanmar. Show all posts
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Monday, January 19, 2015

North Korea Pushes Myanmar To Seize Pirated Versions Of 'The Interview'

Paul Mooney and Aung Hla Tun, Jan. 15, 2015, Reuters

Government officials and police contacted by Reuters denied receiving any order to seize the film. "We seized them simply because they were unapproved and pirated," said an officer from a police-station in Latha Township in Yangon, who declined to be named, referring to some copies of the film seized in a recent raid. Visits to a half-dozen stalls and shops selling illegal DVDs in downtown Yangon failed to turn up a single copy of the film, although dozens of other pirated DVDs were on sale.

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