Seizure of books unlawful, unconstitutional, says LFL

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Zaid Malek calls out ‘trigger happy’ Pakatan Harapan government for using legislation it wanted to abolish when in the opposition.

Author Benz Ali complained that home ministry officials seized two books from his bookshop in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, adding that they were not on the banned list.

He added that government enforcers had acted unlawfully, unconstitutionally and recklessly when they raided and seized the books from the store. Yesterday, local author Benz Ali complained that home ministry officials seized two books from his bookshop in Kuala Lumpur earlier in the day, adding that they were not on the banned list.

 

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