The home minister’s decision to ban the book ‘Gay is Okay, A Christian Perspective’ is legal, rational, and in accordance with the law, the Court of Appeal heard today.

Senior federal counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly@Alwi, representing the home minister and the government of Malaysia, told the three-member bench that the home minister was satisfied that the content of the book was likely to be prejudicial to public order, morality, and public interest.

He said the book had...