A screening of a same-sex romance foreign film, scheduled to be held at the Penang Performing Arts Centre (PenangPAC) today, has been cancelled.

Speaking to Malaysiakini, stage manager Arnold Hooi , 30, said the screening of the film Lost in Paradise had to be cancelled due to a technical problem.

“We had to switch it to another film after realising certain scenes could not be played smoothly due to the problems with the CD (compact disc),” he said.

Arnolld declined to comment further when asked if screening the original film would have upset Muslim sensitivities.

“I am unable to give any comments on the issue for now,” he said...