(2nd Lead) Channel 4 Director Macray and three others arrested in Malaysia

Three organisers of a controversial documentary film screening at the KL/Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall were detained by Home Ministry, Immigration and police officials here Wednesday.

The screening of the movie, No Fire Zone, which explores the oppression of Tamils in Sri Lanka, was organised by human rights group Pusat Komas. Programme coordinator Lena Hendry said the officers entered the hall after the movie had finished at around 8.30pm. She said Immigration officers also forced around 150 attendees to flash their MyKads for identification and also riffled through a bag belonging to a journalist. "Yesterday, Chinese Assembly Hall owners were contacted by Sri Lankan High Commission officials. "They said the facts of the film were not right and urged them to stop the screening. "We tried to fix an appointment with them to discuss it and even invited it to the screening. They said they would meet us today evening but never showed up," Lena claimed. She said the officers arrived around 8.10pm and tried to enter the premises as organisers attempted to negotiate with them. "I don't want to say the High Commission was involved in this but the recent events leading to this raises questions," she said. Those detained were taken to the Dang Wangi police station to have their statement recorded. Home Ministry and Immigration officials present at the scene refused comment. Channel 4 Director  Macray and three others arrested in Malaysia              British television Channel- 4 director Callum Macray who produced No Fire Zone killing Fields was arrested by 20 immigration officials, 20 Home Ministry officials along with 20 police officials in Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday 3 July for screening his documentary on the final phase of the war between the LTTE and the Security Forces in Wanni.  According to sources Callum Macray was arrested while he was showing the film to a private audience in Kualalumpur . This film screened at Chinese assembly hall in  Malaysia.  Police officials in Kualalumpur are investigating further on the background of the screening of the channel -4 documentary on Sri Lanka’s last lap of the war sources said.