ABC
Posted Mon Feb 8, 2010 3:42pm AEDT

The ABC's managing director, Mark Scott, says he does not recall Chinese officials pressing the corporation not to show the film The Ten Conditions of Love about exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer.

The ABC has purchased the film but cancelled a planned broadcast last December.

At the time, Beijing brought pressure to bear on film festivals and other outlets following an uprising by Uighurs in north-western China.

Mr Scott told a parliamentary committee approaches from Chinese officials to the ABC about the film were not about whether it would be shown.

"In my recollection it has not been raised with me," he said.

"The discussion about the film was discussion about the film in general rather than the ABC showing it or any plans of the ABC to show it.

"And if the film has been scheduled, we have a backlog of documentaries which will be shown in coming time and I'm not sure whether a date has been scheduled for that yet."