Australian drama series Pine Gap is pulled from Netflix after complaints from Vietnam over the show’s map of the South China Sea
Australian spy series Pine Gap has been pulled from Netflix Vietnam.
The decision came after the Southeast Asian country expressed anger over the show’s depiction of a map of the South China Sea, reports TV Tonight.
The map is featured briefly in two of the season’s six episodes, and shows Beijing’s claims in the Flashpoint Waterway.
Axed: Netflix has pulled Australian drama series Pine Gap from its Vietnamese library after complaints regarding the show’s depiction of a map of the South China Sea
The order for the series to be pulled was made by Vietnam’s Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information.
The broadcasting authority claims the depiction of the map ‘hurt feelings’ and ‘angered’ the ‘entire Vietnamese people’.
An order issued by the broadcasting ministry outlined the complaint in more detail.
Shut down: The order for the series to be pulled was made by Vietnam’s Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information, which claims the map ‘hurt feelings’ and ‘angered’ the ‘entire Vietnamese people’
‘The appearance of false information about Vietnamese sovereignty in the above episodes of Netflix has seriously violated the provisions of Vietnamese law,’ it read.
‘In Clauses 3 and 4, Article 9, the Press Law strictly prohibits providing content that incites war, violates Vietnam’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
‘Clause 4, Article 11, of the Law on Cinema prohibits content that distorts historical facts, denies revolutionary achievements, offends the nation, great men, and national heroes.’
This is the third time Netflix has been ordered to pull content from its Vietnamese streaming library in the last 12 months.
Three strikes: This is the third time Netflix has been ordered to pull content from its Vietnamese streaming library in the last 12 months. Previous removal requests were made for American drama Madam Secretary and Chinese rom-com Put Your Head on My Shoulders
Previous removal requests were made regarding American drama series Madam Secretary and Chinese rom-com Put Your Head on My Shoulders.
A Netflix spokesperson said it would follow the ‘written legal demand from the Vietnamese regulator’ and remove Pine Gap from Netflix in Vietnam.
The streaming giant said the show would still be available to stream in the rest of the world.
Pine Gap originally aired on the ABC in 2018.
The series was filmed in South Australia and stars Parker Sawyers, Tess Haubrich, Lewis FitzGerald and Jacqueline McKenzie.
Homegrown: Pine Gap originally aired on the ABC in 2018. The series was filmed in South Australia and stars Parker Sawyers, Tess Haubrich, Lewis FitzGerald and Jacqueline McKenzie