The Federal Court has dismissed the Home Ministry's application to appeal against a lower court decision to lift a ban on one of Hew Kuan Yau's books.

In a statement, Hew's (above) lawyer Vince Tan Hoo Seh said the court found that there are no novel issues nor matters of public importance in the questions posed in the Home Ministry's application.

"In light of the above decision the Court of Appeal's decision...