The Home Ministry, in a blink of an eye, has done what heaps of monsters and space aliens failed to do: take down Ultraman.
National news agency Bernama has reported that the ministry issued a ban on the publication of the Bahasa Malaysia edition of the comic book, “Ultraman the Ultra Power,” for allegedly containing negative elements to the public order.
“It is an offence under Section 8 (2) of the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 for any person to print, import, produce, reproduce, publish, sell, distribute, offer to sell or have in his possession for any such purpose the banned publication,” the ministry said in a statement.
The statement was not yet available on the ministry’s website this evening, but an official verified the ban when contacted by local news source, The Malay Mail Online.
“Yes, KDN has banned the book ‘Ultraman the Ultra Power’,” the official said in a brief text message. KDN is the Malay acronym for the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The ministry added that the gazette banning the comic that is published by Resign Publications and printed by Network Printers took effect on February 18th.
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