Zi Publications Sdn Bhd and its director Mohd Ezra Zaid (photo above) today failed to challenge the confiscation of books by the Selangor Islamic Department (Jais) in 2012.

Justice Kamaludin Md Said of the High Court in Kuala Lumpur said the court cannot review the investigation and enforcement conducted by religious authorities.

"The search warrant and the seizure of copies of the book were made in the course of a criminal investigation of an offence under the Syariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995, pursuant to the powers conferred under the enactment," the judge ruled...