Malaysia suspends Chinese daily over Prophet cartoons Send news to a friend Print news
2006-02-15 HKT 12:18

Malaysia has ordered a Chinese-language daily newspaper to halt publication for two weeks as punishment for printing a photograph showing Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, said in a statement that he'd ordered the Guang Ming Daily, Malaysia's third-largest Chinese-language daily, to stop publication starting tomorrow.