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 KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Forest Whitaker is hotly tipped to win an Oscar on Sunday for his portrayal of Idi Amin in the movie "The Last King of Scotland."
But for the former tyrant's son Jaffar, the performance failed to capture the tall, powerful man he still describes as his "Big Daddy." The Amin family has shunned the media for over two decades, but now that the film has put the Ugandan dictator back into the spotlight, his son wants to set the record straight.
"Dad is the only person that has ever been accused and sentenced, incarcerated by opinion, without it ever reaching any courthouse," Jaffar Amin said in an interview with the Associated Press, calling for a truth and reconciliation committee to investigate that dark period in Uganda's history.
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