Sharon Stone has caused controversy by suggesting the recent earthquake in
China is "karma" for their government's treatment of Tibet.

The 50-year-old actress said the devastating natural disaster in the Sichuan
province on May 12, which killed tens of thousands of individuals and left
five million people homeless, happened because the country had treated their
neighbor Tibet so badly.

She said: "I'm not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans
because I don't think anyone should be unkind to anyone else. And then this
earthquake and all this stuff happened, and then I thought, 'Is that karma?
When you're not nice then the bad things happen to you?' "

Ng See-Yuen, who owns the UME Cineplex chain - one of China's biggest cinema
chains - has now confirmed his company will no longer show any of the
actress' movies in their theatres, labeling Sharon's comments
"inappropriate".

China has occupied Tibet since its invasion in 1950, claiming the
neighboring nation is rightfully part of China. Since the occupation began,
people have campaigned to liberate Tibet and to end the human rights
violations.