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Malaysian Book Sellers Detained for Marxist Wares 
Jakarta. Four Malaysian national has been detained by police after allegedly 
selling books featuring the communist hammer and sickle symbol on its cover at 
a Jakarta book fair this weekend. 

Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Awi Setiyono said the four were nabbed based 
on tips-off from visitors of a book exhibition which was held by the Indonesian 
Publishers Association, or Ikapi, at Jakarta Convention Center in South Jakarta 
on Saturday (01/10). 

“We conducted investigations and found the books [featuring hammer and sickle 
symbols] which were produced by Malaysian publisher were sold during the 
exhibition,” Awi told reporters on Sunday. 

The initial investigations revealed the four Malaysians weren’t aware that 
communism is a sensitive issue in Indonesia, Awi said. 

“Since the case is related to foreigners, we have transferred them to the 
Immigration Office. The content of the books was Marxism,” he said. 

The detained Malaysians were identified as Zulkifir Zamir bin Mohammad Munir, 
Sakri bin Abdulah, Moh Rozla, Muhammed Noor and Khairul Nizam.

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