With the Home Ministry recently issuing a ban on six books, the All Women’s Action Society (Awam) criticised the government for infantilising Malaysians.

Such an action sets a disturbing precedent for rights to freedom of expression in the country, as authoritative measures through censorship restrict people’s ability to form their own opinions based on diverse perspectives, said Awam senior advocacy officer Amanda Shweeta Louis.

“The real threat to morality lies not in literature but in systemic...