KL condemns movie with killer plot

KL condemns movie with killer plot

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia has condemned a newly released Hollywood movie as "insensitive and distasteful" due to its storyline of an assassination plot against a Malaysian leader, a report said on Friday.

Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung was quoted by the Star daily as saying the plot to kill the "president" of Malaysia in the movie Zoolander was distasteful in light of global efforts to fight terrorism.

Malaysia does not have a president, but is led by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad who has been in power for 20 years.

Zoolander starring actor Ben Stiller, which opens in U.S. cinemas on Friday, has a storyline of fashion moguls plotting to kill a Malaysian leader who plans to raise minimum wages for labor, thus threatening the fashion industry.