KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Minister may refuse the importation of any publication into Malaysia if he is satisfied that its content is likely to be prejudicial to public order or national interest, a Senior Federal Counsel submitted.
SFC Shamsul Bolhassan said that Section 9 of the Printing, Presses and Publications Act 1984 also gave the power to the minister to withhold the delivery or return to the sender outside Malaysia of any publication containing among others any article, caricature, photograph and statement.
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