25 May 2006
SRI LANKA FIRST COUNTRY TO BAN DA VINCI CODE
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Sri Lanka is the latest country to cross swords with Sony Films over The Da
Vinci Code. According to the state-run Colombo Daily News, President
Mahinda Rajapakse has banned the film following an appeal by the Catholic
Bishops Conference. While calls for the film to be banned in such Asian
countries as the Philippines, Thailand and India have arisen in recent weeks,
Sri Lanka appears to be the first to issue an order halting the screening of
the film. The bishops had charged that The Da Vinci Code was the product
of a "totally perverted mind and ... adversely affects the most sacred beliefs
of our people."
25/05/2006
