23rd December 2012 Update: David Ku was detained last week and deported to Malaysia. The Malaysian authorities deported him back to the UK within 24 hours. BOCs remain non-returnable and living in limbo.

This is a 5 minute film for an online newspaper. The feature documentary is 55 minutes.

The documentary explores the issue of "The Queen's Chinese" and their current statelessness in the UK after acquiring British Overseas Status post-2002.

Featuring interviews with

Various "British Overseas Citizens" ( stateless ex-Malaysians)
Lord Avebury
Simon Hughes MP, Deputy Leader LibDems
Laurie Fransman QC
Ben Pollard, London Citizens
Ben Scanlon, Activist
Dr Prakash Shah, University of London
David Ho, Christine Lee Solictors
The Home Office

(Directed & filmed by Shafiur Rahman, Produced by Parminder Bahra and Shafiur Rahman)

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