COMMENT | On Aug 28, 2015, a series of irrational decisions and actions resulted in Malaysia making the headlines all over the world.

The Home Ministry banned yellow clothing and other material connected to the Bersih rally over the following two days in Kuala Lumpur.

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who was then home minister, issued the order under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, The Printing Presses and Publications (Control of Undesirable Publications) (No. 22) Order 2015 and listed these as “absolutely prohibited throughout Malaysia”...