Home Ministry bans three books over public morality concerns


PUTRAJAYA: The government has issued a prohibition order against three books deemed potentially harmful to public morality in Malaysia.

The Home Ministry, in a statement on Saturday (Feb 8), announced that the ban was officially gazetted under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 [Act 301] and took effect on Jan 21 and 22.

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