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Malaysia has banned the movie “Hustlers”, a Jennifer Lopez film based on the real-life exploits of a band of scheming strippers who swindled clients after drugging them.
The Malaysian government has been accused by film critics for its conservative position on the films being shown in the country.
In August, the film censorship board, cut out gay sex scenes in "Rocketman," a movie based on the life of British singer Elton John.
The ban on "Hustlers" was announced over social media late last week by the movie's local distributor, Square Box Pictures.
No reason was given by the distributor, but they said it was packed with so much obscene content there wouldn't be much of the film left after it had made all the necessary cuts, according to a report.
"Hustlers" - inspired by the real-life story of Samantha Barbash and three others who stole at least $200,000 from men they had drugged - collected over $30 million at North American theatres in its opening weekend last week.