Moslems protest film on maid's life

Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

MANILA (AFP): Moslem groups said yesterday they would protest
the showing of a film on a Filipina Moslem maid who was jailed in
the United Arab Emirates for murder because it violated Islamic
principles.

The film on Sarah Balabagan, who was pardoned by a United Arab
Emirates (UAE) court last year after she killed her employer who
had attempted to rape her, is to be premiered here on March 6.

But Moslem groups have taken a court injunction to stop the
showing of the film, Alex Panumblayan of the Moslem Screenwriters
Club of the Philippines said in an interview over DZMM radio.

Balabagan, who was only 15 when she went abroad to work as a
housemaid in the UAE, gained international attention after Manila
lobbied to save the maid from execution.

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