‘It is very disappointing’: Singaporean stand-up comic Sharul Channa slams Malaysian authorities after show gets cancelled for 6-year-old content

Sharul Channa, one in every of Singapore’s high stand-up comedians, took to Instagram to inform the followers that her show, which was presupposed to occur in Malaysia on May 18, was cancelled on the final minute by the nation’s authorities. Sharul was set to carry out in “Just Joking”, a one-woman stand-up comedy show, on the PJ Live Arts Centre in Kuala Lumpur.

Sharul alleged that the authorities took the choice after a number of police experiences have been made in opposition to one in every of her previous movies, which dates again to 2018. The video featured themes akin to faith, royalty, and race.

Sharul stated that the Malaysian Ministry of Communication cancelled her work visa on May 17, 2024. This occurred regardless of having the show’s license accredited a month in the past.

“Two days earlier than the show was presupposed to occur, the show acquired cancelled as a result of they took away the license for the show. Or quite they took away the license for me to carry out. There have been some police experiences made, due to a video that was on TV and at the moment it was accredited by the Malaysian authorities. It was a part of Comedy Central Asia and it was on Unify TV. So, as that video went on TV, after all it’s gonna make rounds on the Internet, and that was in 2017-2018. Because of that video being circulated once more some folks made police experiences and Puspal, along with the police, cancelled my license. This is regardless of us getting the license of my show accredited one month earlier than the show, and regardless of giving assurance that my set doesn’t contact on faith, race or royalty,” Sharul stated on Instagram.

“It is a very disappointing matter for me, because it should be for you, who purchased tickets. And additionally, as a Singaporean, , now we have so many Malaysian artists coming to Singapore and performing seamlessly and we at all times welcome them and we really feel that as Singapore artists after we come into Malaysia, we’d even be welcomed with open arms. All I can say is, you may take away the stage from an artist, however you may’t take away the voice of the artist. So, thanks for at all times supporting me Malaysian audiences. I actually, actually admire all of your assist over these years,” she added.

“I stand with all of you and I actually apologise from the underside of my coronary heart that the show needed to be cancelled,” Sharul stated.

As per experiences, the complaints lodged in opposition to the rise up comic featured a clip from “Comedy Central: Stand Up Asia! 2”, which was recorded in Malaysia in 2018.