Five Publications banned by Home Ministry including Grey from Fifty Shades of Grey fame.

Home Ministry bans five publications likely to cause moral harm

KUALA LUMPUR: Five publications have been banned by the Home Ministry as they were deemed to contain elements which could confuse Muslims and cause moral harm.  

Two of the five publications - Ajaran Makrifat Syekh Siti Jenar and Israk Mikraj: Tinjauan Saintifik Di Sebalik Kontroversi - were banned as they were found to be prejudicial to public order and contained elements which could confuse and harm the faith of Muslims.  

The Ministry’s publication and quranic texts control division secretary Hashimah Nik Jaafar said in a statement Friday that the prohibition order on the two publications was made following the Government Gazette dated March 29, 2016.  

Hashimah said three other publications were banned under the Government Gazette dated April 4, 2016.  

Among them were Sex, Pork, And Persecution: How's One Young Man's Fight Against Conformity Led to Imprisonment and Vilification, and Grey (Fifty Shades of Grey As Told By Christian), which were likely to be prejudicial to morality for containing pornographic elements.    

Hashimah said the publication titled Orang Ngomong Anjing Gong Gong may be detrimental to public order, security and morality as it contained elements against the Malaysian norms and moral ethics.  

"It is an offence under subsection 2 of Section 8 of the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 for anyone to print, import, produce, reproduce, publish, sell, issue, circulate, offer for sale and distribution, as well as to possess such banned publications," she added.  

Those convicted of the offence can be sentenced to a jail term of up to three years and a fine not exceeding RM20,000 or both.  - Bernama