Suspension on The Heat lifted

The Sun Daily 
by Karen Arukesamy

PETALING JAYA (Jan 27, 2014): The Heat will be back on the streets soon with the Home Ministry lifting its suspension on the newsweekly today.

Confirming this, the publication's editor-in-chief David Lee Boon Siew said that the ministry notified the decision in a letter dated Jan 24.

A statement on the its website said the newsweekly will hit the streets on Feb 7 after the Chinese New Year holidays.

It is learnt that the ministry's decision was conveyed to the newsweekly’s publisher Satria Kiara Sdn Bhd in a letter dated Jan 24, 2014 that was signed by Publications and Quranic Text Division head Hashimah Nik Jaafar, on behalf of the ministry’s secretary-general.

It was reported that the lifting of the suspension allows the newsweekly to continue its operation without any change to its current publishing permit.

The Heat was suspended "indefinitely" on Dec 19, 2013 allegedly over its November 23-29's front-page article entitled “All eyes on big-spending PM Najib”.

However, the ministry later clarified that the suspension was for allegedly not informing them of the changes in the publication's ownership, in addition to an alleged refusal to respond to two showcause letters.