Finas insists news agencies need licence for documentaries


Ragananthini Vethasalam

Al Jazeera’s Kuala Lumpur bureau chief Samer Allawi (left) and cameraman Craig Hansen (centre) arriving at the Bukit Aman police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on July 10 after the airing of a documentary critical of the government’s handling of undocumented migrants during the MCO. – EPA pic, July 23, 2020.

NEWS agencies must possess both the film production licence and filming authentication certificate (SPP) from the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas), said the agency’s chairman Zakaria Abd Hamid.

Section 22(1) of the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia Act 1981 stipulates that a licence is required from the body to produce, exhibit or distribute a film.  


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  • In the past everything is alright. Now under new government they have very sensitive skin. Since you irritate them they will be out for your blood. That's all.

    Posted 3 years ago by Adrian Tan

  • It's the incompetence of the PN government in full public display.
    Do they not have a single politician who is competent?

    Posted 3 years ago by Arul Inthirarajah