Borders chief operating officer Yau Su Peng (centre) and Borders assistant general manager Stephen Fung (right) attended the court hearing with their lawyer Rosli Dahlan (left) on June 25, 2012. — Picture by Ida Lim
Berjaya owns Borders Bookstores, whose store manager Nik Raina Nik Abdul Aziz was charged on June 19 in the Kuala Lumpur syariah court with distributing copies of a book by Canadian Muslim author Irshad Manji deemed to be against Islamic law (hukum syarak) and banned in Malaysia.
JAWI enforcers had raided the bookstore and seized Manji’s book titled “Allah, Liberty and Love” last May 23.
A Borders Bookstores outlet in Malaysia. — Picture courtesy of www.borders.com.my
The matter was decided in chambers before High Court judge Rohana Yusof.
The hearing date for the judicial review has been set for September 5.
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