Home Ministry bans two publications
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Gay is OK! A Christian Perspective and
Peichi under Section 7(1) of the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, effective Nov 27 and Dec 15 respectively.
The ministry’s chief secretary Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz said it is absolutely prohibited to print, import, produce, reproduce, publish, sell, circulate, distribute or owner these publications in the country.
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PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The Home Ministry has gazetted a prohibition order on two publications titled Gay is OK! A Christian Perspective” and Peichi” under Section 7(1) of the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, effective Nov 27 and Dec 15 respectively.
Its secretary-general Datuk Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz said it is prohibited to print, import, produce, reproduce, publish, sell, circulate, distribute or own these publications in the country. These publications have been banned because they contain content that might be detrimental to public order, morals and public interest,” he said in a statement Friday (Dec 18).
He said the content of the publication Gay is OK! A Christian Perspective” was viewed as an attempt to promote homosexual culture in Malaysia, which goes against religious and cultural sensitivities in the country.