DENPASAR, Indonesia: A major literary festival in Indonesia was forced to cancel events related to a 1960s anti-communist purge, the organizers said Sunday, after authorities threatened to revoke its operating permit.

Five programs, including discussion panels, a book launch and film screening were scrapped from the annual Ubud Readers and Writers Festival, which will kick off Wednesday on the resort island of Bali, a festival spokesman Hanna Nabila told AFP.

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