Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the government has concrete reasons to ban the publication of a controversial comic by Malaysia-China Business Council chief executive officer Hew Kuan Yau.

The minister said the decision was made after careful consideration and warned that action will be taken if the book is still found to be distributed.

“When we have gazetted (the ban), that means that appropriate action and seizures will be taken if it is still in circulation as the decision (to ban the book) was made after we have considered and studied it...