THE Home Ministry has today banned a book that allegedly insults the national coat of arms.
Its minister, Hamzah Zainudin, said in a statement that the book – a collection of political essays titled Rebirth: Reformasi, Resistance, And Hope In New Malaysia – fell afoul of the Printing Presses and Publications (Control of Undesirable Publications) Order 2020 and, with the authority conferred upon him under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, banned it.