Because there’s no telling who might get offended, a printer has gone ahead and taken care of our delicate sensibilities for us: the Malaysian edition of the International New York Times, part of a pullout in the Malaysian Reserve published yesterday, had images of pigs censored.
A photo of piglets accompanying the story “Demand grows for pigs” and another photo of pigs in a farm on page 19 of the publication had the animals’ faces and snouts blocked out in black.
Home Ministry officials denied any involvement in blackening the photographs, stating that the International New York Times is not on their list of scrutinised publications.
A spokesperson for the KHL Printing Co, which prints the Malaysian edition of the International New York Times, said censoring certain images was normal.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the spokesman said the company normally censored nude pictures, smoking images, firearms and other images deemed sensitive.
“Malaysia is a Muslim-majority country and there are certain ‘understood’ rules and regulations.”
He said this was not the first time that the company had censored photographs.
Source: The Malaysian Insider
