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‘Soft porn’: Pulau starring Instagram model Ms Puiyi triggers Malaysia’s conservatives
- Siew Pui Yi, an influencer, DJ and former OnlyFans model popularly known as Ms Puiyi, appears in the trailer for new Malaysian horror film Pulau
- Conservatives have called the movie ‘porn’ and said it should be banned – as government censors defended the decision to approve its release
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Conservative Malaysia is aghast at the trailer for a horror film starring Instagram influencer, DJ and former OnlyFans model Ms Puiyi in a bikini-clad island setting, forcing government censors to scramble to defang the online fury by describing the film as “not a porno”.
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Muslim-majority Malaysia is in the grip of an increasingly sharp morality debate – largely driven by religious conservatives – following a surge in support for Islamist parties in the country’s last general election in November.
The latest outcry came after the trailer for Pulau (island in Malay), set for release in Malaysian cinemas in March, appeared on YouTube last Friday.
In the days since, it has been viewed more than 690,000 times and attracted over 4,000 mostly negative comments against the mystical horror movie.
“Sorry to say, Malaysian films are getting more and more influenced by the West,” said the top comment on the video by a user named Abdul Muzil that received more than 4,000 likes.
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