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标题：Putting Policemen as Censors in Cinemas: The History of Film Censors in Malaysia
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作者：WM Wan Amizah ; Faridah Ibrahim ; Fauziah Ahmad 等
期刊名称：Asian Social Science
印刷版ISSN：1911-2017
电子版ISSN：1911-2025
出版年度：2013
卷号：9
期号：6
页码：43
DOI：10.5539/ass.v9n6p43
出版社：Canadian Center of Science and Education
摘要：The year was 1917, in a crowded cinema in Penang, Malaysia. A policeman stood silently in the aisle,scrutinizing the movie on screen while glancing at the raucous audience. He is the Censor, the person authorizedon behalf of the Commissioner of Police, to approve or otherwise, the exhibition of cinematographic films to thepublic. This paper traces the historical development of film censors in Malaysia, from the time film first arrivedin Malaya in 1898, the legislation that controlled and censored the content of films which then leads to theappointment of policemen as Censors, and the development of the system which sets the foundation of filmcensorship for more than a century, until today, in Malaysia. Historically, the current system and policies of filmcensorship in Malaysia was a legacy by the British since late 18th century.