# Incidents: licensing and closure of outlets, head of government Mahathir Mohamad

Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.

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1 incident matches this view.

- 1987: [Malaysia: Printing Presses and Publications Act amended to bar court review of publishing permits, 1987](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1987-malaysia-printing-act-bars-court-review). Malaysia's government amended the Printing Presses and Publications Act in 1987 to expand its power to ban or restrict publications and to bar any court challenge to the suspension or revocation of a publishing permit. The change came the…

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