Malaysian Maverick book : Home Ministry withholding it, not Customs

For those who are still speculating, the book ‘Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times’ written by Barry Wain which drew nationwide controversy is currently being withheld by the Home Ministry’s Quran Publication Control and Text Division at its Port Klang branch. This was confirmed by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department headquarters where they also clarified that it was not the Custom’s Department who are withholding it. According to the department’s public communications section senior assistant director of customs 1 Zazuli Johan “Following investigations, it was found that the book was actually withheld by the Port Klang branch of the Home Ministry’s’ Quran Publication Control and Text Division,”

It was reported that Wain has given account on how former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has successfully developed Malaysia while wasting some RM100billion on projects as well. Datuk Paul Liow, the president of TI-M (Transparency International Malaysia), the book should be released. He said “Why should it be withheld? It can always be made available across the border. It doesn’t make sense. When you withhold something, it is because it is harmful the society especially children, but in this case it’s an issue of information or research by somebody. We should defend it with the truth. We need to be much more open about it,”


comments

The more they are going to ban, the more people would love to read..am sure the book is avaible in the neibouring countries,,,so can the Govt impose ban there as well????

another truth trying to be covered up, but we can thank UMNO for being corrupt, because im sure given time diue to corruption and the thriving black market in Malaysia, we can get this book afterall, thank you UMNO for being the corrupt lazy greedy basatards you are, that its now gonna come back and bite you, malaysia boleh!!

It does not matter which dog they let out, the top dog has the final say. To keep it under wraps or not?
Universally, the truth will prevail but in 1Malaysia it will not prevail unless BN is brought down to its knees by the 2nd tsunami.
We pray that God will bring down the corrupted crooks.
Amen.