Ministry wants TV series suspended
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts has increased the pressure on PNN TV to suspend screening of the love drama series “Pheakdey Sne Tve Phup” (True Love Continues from Past to Future), saying it contradicted the classic love story “Tum Teav” – the Khmer version of “Romeo and Juliet.” At the annual meeting to discuss direction for 2017 for the Culture and Fine Arts Ministry at Chaktomuk Conference Hall on January 1, Culture and Fine Arts Minister Phoeung Sakona said the content of the drama series was copied from “Tum Teav,” but deviated from the original content. She said the producer of the series edited the original story to have the actors live at the end, whereas they died in the original version. This would impact the value of Cambodian literature, she added.
