“We are pleased to announce that Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has now been approved to be released in Malaysia with no cuts, with a PG13 rating”, the Walt Disney Co.’s Malaysia division said in a brief statement.
It’s a happy ending for the dispute over Malaysia’s censorship of Beauty and the Beast, with Disney announcing that the film will now be shown at cinemas across the country with no cuts.
In Beauty and the Beast, Le Fou is depicted as clearly pining after the film’s villain, Gaston.
Disney previously pulled its blockbuster from the country after Malaysian censor’s moved to only permit it to be shown with the film’s LGBT character edited out.