Representatives of the Malaysian Indian Creative Content Action Force (MICCAF) made known their grouses in a protest note to Information, Communication and Culture Ministry Deputy Minister Maglin Dennis D'Cruz in Parliament yesterday.

Spokesperson and prominent local producer and director N.S.Krishna said local Tamil talent has been sidelined by Astro as all seven Tamil channels aired by the broadcaster, prefers content from India.

MICCAF is calling upon the ministry to, among others, advice Astro to set up a channel dedicated to local content and advice Media Prima to allocate a minimum two-hour slot for Tamil programmes and organise a dialogue session.

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Editing: Indrani Kopal