'Mentega Terbang' producer, director get leave to challenge ban

The Star

The KL High Court has allowed leave for the director and producer of the controversial movie "Mentega Terbang" to initiate a judicial review over the movie's ban.  Justice Amarjeet Singh granted leave in the judicial review application filed by the movie director Mohd Khairianwar Jailani and producer Tan Meng Kheng on Wednesday (Jan 31).  Read more at http://tinyurl.com/y5m2zkap  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 [Street noise]

00:04 Yes.

00:05 Okay, alright.

00:07 So, essentially, what the court has decided today is that the court is to grant leave for the applicants, which is Kairi and Meng.

00:18 Granted leave?

00:19 Yes, granted leave for the application for Jusun Ibi to go ahead.

00:22 So, it means, because earlier, for today, the application is only with regards to leave.

00:30 Because it's a judicial review application, we must get the allowance for court to continue with judicial review and we have got that today.

00:36 Objected, isn't it?

00:37 It was objected to by the...

00:39 Section 48.

00:40 Yes, it was objected to by the respondent by virtue of...

00:43 AG?

00:44 Yes, AGC, under Section 48 of the Film Censorship Act.

00:49 Section?

00:50 Section 48 of the Film Censorship Act.

00:53 So, the Section 48 of the Film Censorship Act is an ouster clause that tries to circumvent the court's jurisdiction for judicial review with regards to the ministerial order within the Act itself.

01:04 Now, the court agreed with us and allowed the leave, despite the objection by the AGC, but they allowed the leave in part, which is for the order of Siti Orai, quash the decision of the minister.

01:17 To quash, only to quash?

01:18 To quash and as well as the declaration itself, the question regarding Section 26 of the Film Censorship Act.

01:26 Section 26?

01:27 Yes, a declaration to declare that the Section 26 of the Film Censorship Act is unlawful and unconstitutional.

01:34 So, now that the leave has been granted, the next step is for the substantive hearing of the judicial review itself.

01:41 That one, we will be dealing with it during the case management on the 14th of February, which I believe shall be on eReview.

01:50 By way of eReview.

01:53 Thank you.

01:54 Thank you.

01:55 Thank you.

01:56 Thank you.

01:58 Thank you.

01:59 Thank you.

02:00 Thank you.

02:01 Thank you.

02:02 Thank you.

02:03 Thank you.

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