The Home Ministry has sent a show-cause letter to Chinese daily Nanyang Siang Pau over their cartoon depicting PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and Dewan Rakyat speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia as monkeys.

Nanyang has three days to respond to the letter, issued under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 (PPPA).

"Further action will be taken based on the rules and procedures set (by the Act)," Home Ministry chief secretary Alwi Ibrahim said today...