Vietnam’s largest cinema chain fined $7,300 for screening Abominable: Zing

The decision came three weeks after alert viewers spotted the internationally rejected nine-dash line on the waters included in the Hollywood-produced "Abominable."

The image appears several times in the film, which has also been banned in Malaysia and the Philippines.

The movie was released in Vietnamese theaters early October. Later, the government of Vietnam instructed cinema halls in the country to pull the movie off and told them to stop all promotions.

Acting director of the Cinema Department under Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism Nguyen Thi Thu Ha has been demoted for letting the movie appear in Vietnamese cinemas.

Ha took responsible for granting the permit for screening the movie at local theaters without censoring the offensive map feature that violates Vietnamese sovereignty.

The movie follows a Chinese girl named Yi and two friends who end up meeting Yeti, the Abominable Snowman and help the creature reunite with his family on Mount Everest.

The China’s illegally-claimed line is a demarcation that claims 90 percent of the 3.5-million-square-kilometer East Sea, known internationally as South China Sea. It received strong opposition from the international community.

The movie is produced by American animation studio DreamWorks Animation and Chinese company Pearl Studio. 

Source: Zing