Thai Christians want final 15 minutes of Da Vinci Code cut

A coalition of Christian groups in Thailand today demanded government censors cut the final 15 minutes from The Da Vinci Code film.

“If they are going to screen this, we asked that they cut out the conclusion of the movie that Jesus still has heirs alive today,” said a group spokesman, Manoch Jangmook, of the Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand.

“We asked that they cut out about the last 15 minutes of the movie.”

After viewing the film, leaders of the Christian groups asked censor board officials to fix subtitles that are disrespectful to Jesus and screen messages before and after the movie saying that the content is fictional.

The censor board has not yet replied to the request.

The movie is scheduled to open in Thai cinemas on Thursday.