GEORGE TOWN: Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow has come out in defence of Hew Kuan Yau, who was behind a banned comic book the contents of which were deemed as a threat to public order by the Home Ministry. “I feel there is an ulterior motive with this (based on the) reaction as the book was banned within a day. It was reported yesterday that the Home Ministry raided Asia Comic Cultural Museum in Komtar here over Hew’s comic book titled “Belt and Road Initiative for Win-Winism”. Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the decision to ban the book was made after a detailed study. The Home Ministry officials also declared the seizure of 13 such books from the Asia Comic Cultural Museum.

Source: New Strait Times October 25, 2019 09:00 UTC