KUALA LUMPUR: Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said Berita Harian had been given a stern warning for publishing in its Sunday edition, the Berita Minggu, a caricature that treated the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan as a joke.
He said considering that the illustration was related to a humanitarian matter, no legal action could be taken against the newspaper under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 or Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Act.
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