[1] This judgment addresses two appeals against the decision of the learned High Court Judge in two judicial review applications which were heard together with the agreement of the parties. The learned judge provided one judgment for three separate judicial review applications. These present two appeals concern (a) Sepakat Efektif Sdn Bhd and (b) Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd as the appellants in Civil Appeals No: W-01-500-2011 and W-01-501-2011 respectively. In both appeals, the respondents are the same.

[2] The subject matter of both appeals relate to the banning of two books by the Deputy Minister for Home Affairs under s 7(1) of the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 ("PPPA"). The relevant Order is the Printing Presses and Publications (Control of Undesirable Publications) (No 5) Order 2010 ("Order No 5"). The concerned publications are "Perak Darul Kartun" and "1 Funny Malaysia."

[3] This judgment is not concerned with the third judicial review application heard before the same learned judge, where the applicants are different