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Filmmaker: M'sia can’t claim award-winning Michelle Yeoh its own
Published:  Jan 14, 2023 8:00 AM
Updated: 12:00 AM

As congratulatory messages poured out for actress Michelle Yeoh’s Golden Globe award, independent filmmaker Pete Teo said the Malaysian government and its institutions cannot call artistes like Yeoh their own.

“It makes my skin crawl that they try to,” he said.

He claimed institutions such as the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) have failed to...


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