Malaysia's Film Censorship Board (LPF) has announced that will implement a new ratings system beginning from February 1 2023. The old system, running since January 2012, consists of the following ratings:
- U or Umum for films that can be seen for all ages
- P13 for films requiring parental supervision
- 18 for films deemed to contain violent, political or mature content
Now from 1st February 2023 the P13 rating will be replaced by P12 and strict age ratings of 13 and 16 will be introduced. So the new system will be:
- U or Umum for films that can be seen for all ages
- P12 for films requiring parental supervision for under 12s
- 13 for viewers aged 13 or over
- 16 for viewers aged 16 or over
- 18 for films deemed to contain violent,
political or mature content
The changes are reported to be a response to requests from local movie producers. Director Bade Azmi was one of the voices calling upon the agency to make changes, citing his experience working on the film KL Menjerit , where significant story
details were removed. He explained: Illegal racing and accident scenes had been cut out. But this movie is about illegal street racers. If you take out the racing scenes, I have no story to tell.
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