Looking forward to watching Chin Peng film

I've received several emails from friends in Singapore and Hong Kong telling me that they have seen my fellow Malaysian Amir Muhammad's semi-musical documentary film Lelaki Komunis 'Terakhir', featuring the life journey of Chin Peng from youth to the present and interviews with former guerilla fighters in their current village in South Thailand. I cannot respond to their comments yet because I have not seen it.

According to earlier news reports in Malaysia, the film has been approved by the Film Censorship Board (LPF) with no cuts and is slated to meet audiences in three cinemas in mid-May.

I am certainly looking forward eagerly to watching the film. I am sure many Malaysians are also looking forward to experiencing the well-known semi-musical directed by fellow citizen Amir although Chin Peng himself does not appear in it.

However, it seems that there is still quixotic and paranoiac resistance to the film being shown in public in Malaysia even after it has been formally approved by the relevant authority as evidenced by a recent series of negative reports and op-ed pieces in one of Umno's Malay-language mouthpieces.

Lelaki Komunis 'Terakhir' in cinemas this May
http://lastcommunist.blogspot.com/2006/03/mstar-article.html

Lelaki Komunis 'Terakhir'
http://lastcommunist.blogspot.com

Alias Chin Peng: My Side of History
http://www.mediamasters.com.sg/

Merdeka history in new light
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/42665

History of the Malay Left
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/48827

A tale of two Malay communist memoirs
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/33401

Utusan-UKM lock horns over CPM memoirs
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/31784

Sin Chew Jit Poh boss launches book on CPM
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/18681

Nanyang Siang Pau to serialise Chin Peng’s memoirs
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/33018

Chinese edition of Chin Peng’s book gets official nod
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/31751

Chin Peng’s memoirs in Chinese out soon
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/30708

Green light for new book on Chin Peng
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/29271

Said Zahari: Read Chin Peng’s memoirs with open mind
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/22390

Komunis Melayu warisan Bahaman
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/12781

Malaysia's longest political detainee, a fighter to the very end
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/13591

Malaysia's 'longest' political detainee
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/19