00:00Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has revoked the ban on the memoir of former Communist Party of Malaya leader Syamsia
00:08Fakir.
00:09In a federal gazette published last month, Saifuddin said he exercised his powers under the Printing Presses and Publications Act
00:161984
00:17to lift the ban on memoir Syamsia Fakir, dari awas ke Regimen ke-10.
00:23He also revoked the ban on Comrade Asi, Regimen ke-10, dalam Dinyut Nihilisma Sejarah, another memoir written by CPM
00:31member Aziz Suriani.
00:33Both books were banned in February on the grounds that they contained communist elements and ideologies.
00:39Publisher Chong Ton Sin had challenged the bans in the High Court, arguing that the prohibitions were irrational as both
00:46books had been in circulation for years.
00:48However, his lawyer S. Abilash noted that the legal challenges have since been withdrawn.
00:55The bans had previously drawn criticism from PKR Petaling Jaya MP Lee Chian Chung and DAP Bandai Utama Assemblyman Jamaliyah
01:03Jamaluddin, who is also Syamsia's granddaughter.
01:07Jamaliyah had claimed that her grandmother's memoir focused on her life and experiences and had not triggered any extremist activity,
01:14describing the ministry's decision as baseless.
01:17Radhinora Kamar, FMT.
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