G25 gets leave to challenge book ban

A group of moderate former civil servants known as Group 25 (G25) was granted permission by the High Court in Kuala Lumpur today to initiate a challenge on the ban of its book titled "Breaking the Silence: Voices of Moderation - Islam in a Constitutional Democracy".

The leave to formally challenge the book ban was granted by Justice Kamaludin Md Said.

G25's lawyers Malik Imtiaz Sarwar and Surendra Ananth said senior federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan from the Attorney-General's Chambers did not object to the leave application...