ABSTRACT
This chapter demonstrates the ways in which expression is controlled through censorship laws, and how – in keeping with this volume's focus on law, society, and pluralism – this consolidates and perpetuates political and religious hegemony in Malaysia. It focuses on the power of the minister to ban books, which is covered in Part IV of the Printing Presses and Publications (PPPA), entitled 'Control of Undesirable Publications', and the key issues of film censorship under the Film Censorship Act 2002. Yong Thye Chong, who writes under the pen name of Kim Quek, had written a book entitled The March to Putrajaya – Malaysia's New Era is at Hand in 2010. In the same year, the book was banned under the PPPA. The Film Censorship Act 2002 only provides for a film owner who is aggrieved by the censorship decision of the Board of Censors to appeal against the decision.
