Home Ministry issues show cause letter to ‘The Star’


PETALING JAYA: The Home Ministry has issued The Star a show cause letter over the newspaper’s front page report and layout on Saturday.

The Star has been given seven days to respond to the letter, stating why further action, including a suspension, should not be taken against it under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984. The reply is currently being drafted,

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