Ban stays on the comic book of 'Superman Hew'
The comic book 'Belt and Road Initiative for Win Winism' by 'Superman Hew' will remain banned in Malaysia.
The High Court in Kuala Lumpur this morning dismissed former DAP member Hew Kuan Yau's judicial review to quash the ban by the Home Ministry.
Following today's ruling by judge Noorin Badaruddin, the ministry will also get to keep all seized copies of the book.
The judicial review application seeks to quash the home minister's ban order and the Attorney-General's Chambers' gazette of the ban order, dated Oct 23, 2019.
According to the judicial review application filed on Nov 26, 2019, the home minister (who is not named), the Home Ministry, the AGC and the government of Malaysia are named as respondents.
Hew, who is known by his moniker 'Superman Hew', is the co-author of the comic book published by the Asia Comic Cultural Museum in three languages - Malay, English and Chinese. The prohibition order applies to all three languages it is published in.
The book purportedly paints a glowing picture of China and its "Belt and Road Initiative", while allegedly putting the Western world in a negative light.
Other controversial parts include the alleged description of Malays sympathising with the ethnic Uyghurs in China - who are allegedly being put in "re-education camps" by Beijing - as "radicals".
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