<p>A Consumers Association in multi ethnic Malaysia has called for a ban on Tamil serial dramas from India that depict violence and social ills.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Consumer Association of Penang education officer NV Subbarow said many homes were left neglected as the families were busy watching these shows every day.<br /><br />Local daily Tamil Nesan quoted him as saying that the negative scenes in these dramas have had a negative influence on the ethnic Indian community, with many youths involved in crime.<br /><br />He felt the censorship board should come down hard and ban these dramas, adding that the local ethnic Indian community should also boycott these dramas.<br /><br />Eight percent of Malaysia's 28 million people are ethnic Indians and a majority are Tamils. Tamil language television serials are very popular in ethnic Indian households courtesy Sun TV while Tamil movies are released here simultaneously as they are shown in Chennai.</p>
<p>A Consumers Association in multi ethnic Malaysia has called for a ban on Tamil serial dramas from India that depict violence and social ills.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Consumer Association of Penang education officer NV Subbarow said many homes were left neglected as the families were busy watching these shows every day.<br /><br />Local daily Tamil Nesan quoted him as saying that the negative scenes in these dramas have had a negative influence on the ethnic Indian community, with many youths involved in crime.<br /><br />He felt the censorship board should come down hard and ban these dramas, adding that the local ethnic Indian community should also boycott these dramas.<br /><br />Eight percent of Malaysia's 28 million people are ethnic Indians and a majority are Tamils. Tamil language television serials are very popular in ethnic Indian households courtesy Sun TV while Tamil movies are released here simultaneously as they are shown in Chennai.</p>