The Home Ministry has yet to decide on Suara Keadilan's application for renewal of its publication permit.

Publications Control and Quranic Text Division secretary Zaitun Ab Samad said in a statement today, KDN was still studying the application.

Refuting reports that Suara Keadilan had been denied permit, she said KDN would only decide after receiving a satisfactory explanation from the newspaper.

Zaitun said Suara Keadilan's one year publishing permit issued in July 2009 had expired on June 30.

Reports claimed that the Home Ministry decided against renewing Suara Keadilan's permit as it was unhappy with editor Dzulkarnain Taib's explanation on the article "Felda Bankrap" (Felda Is Bankrupt).

- Bernama