History BannedInChina / Malaysia

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* The Taiwanese indie fighting game ''Fight Of Gods'' has become the first game to be banned in Malaysia since ''Postal'' as various religious leaders in the country demand that the government ban it for being disrespectful towards religion as a whole. Gamers are of course generally not pleased and backlash is brewing. The government then decided to block UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} as a whole when Valve did not respond to their e-mails. In a rather idiotic move, the Steam ban came into effect ''4 hours after Valve quietly removed the game from the Malaysian store'', and while most people claim that their Steam library wasn't blocked and that they could still get to their already downloaded games, people who were in the midst of reformatting their PC were suddenly locked out of getting the Steam installer, which in effect locked them out of the games they bought. Additionally there were reports that those using the Steam Mobile App for two-factor authentication were also locked out as they couldn't launch the app to validate their login on their PC, also locking them out of their games. The ban was rescinded at noon the next day, but the MCMC refused to acknowledge the guffaw and instead threatened Valve that they would block Steam again if they should allow anyone who try to publish games like these in Malaysia again, as well as threatening to jail and fine gamers who dare to try to import the game. This along with all the insult and mockery Malaysian gamers received from those in other countries. This is widely believed to be one of the points that caused the corrupt Najib regime to be toppled in the next general election.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Postal}}'' series is banned from being sold in stores due to accusations of over-the-top violence. Thankfully, the ban is only for physical copies, so you can still buy them over UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

* Owing to a stunt pulled on stage and that there are still Islamic extremist moles in the government, Music/The1975 has become banned after Matty Healy stopped the concert halfway and tried to turn the concert into a pro-LGBTQ rally. The band left on their own accord the next morning, but Islamist extremist moles in the information ministry then blacklisted individuals in the group from ever entering the country ever again. When asked, the information minister claimed that the blacklist was made without his permission.

UsefulNotes/{{Malaysia}} is heavily conservative when it comes to censorship considering that most of the population is Muslim. This got worse in TheNewTens as the conservative extremists became more vocal and started gaining favors with the government. While that government would be overthrown in the 2018 general elections, they managed to pull off a coup and clawed their way back into power in 2020. Even after the progressive government managed to regain power fairly in the 2023 general elections, the government is still peppered with moles from the corrupt government and conservative extremists, especially since they have to actually [[EnemyMine work together with the corrupt UMNO government]][[note]]who are now ejected from the opposing coalition[[/note]] to form a proper majority to be able to fully rule the country.

Malaysia is heavily conservative when it comes to censorship considering that most of the population is Muslim. This got worse in TheNewTens as the conservative extremists became more vocal and started gaining favors with the government. While that government would be overthrown in the 2018 general elections, they managed to pull off a coup and clawed their way back into power in 2020. Even after the progressive government managed to regain power fairly in the 2023 general elections, the government is still peppered with moles from the corrupt government and conservative extremists, especially since they have to actually [[EnemyMine work together with the corrupt UMNO government]][[note]]who are now ejected from the opposing coalition[[/note]] to form a priper majority to be able to fully rule the country.

This list also includes UsefulNotes/{{Brunei}} (a Southeast Asian Islamic country located on Borneo, next to eastern Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak)), which has a separate Islamic Sharia penal code law that is stricter than neighboring countries Malaysia and Singapore in terms of religious restrictions, etc.

Malaysia is heavily conservative when it comes to censorship considering that most of the population is Muslim. This got worse in TheNewTens as the conservative extremists became more vocal and started gaining favors with the government. While that government would be overthrown in the 2018 general elections, they managed to pull off a coup and clawed their way back into power in 2020.

** Things came to a head when a local malay newspaper got blocked for no reason when the Internet filter should no longer exist, exposing the fact that there are Islamic extremist moles in the information ministry that is working against the ruling government. The government immediately promised to investigate the matter.

* Specific Swatch watches with rainbow prints on them are now banned after a post about them being pro-LGBTQ+ propaganda pieces blew up on social media. Swatch has came out and not only denied the connection, but also correctly saying that the government has overreacted and that they’re going to initiate legal proceedings to retrieve the watches.

* With the Pakatan Harapan government regaining control of the country in 2022 (after being outed by a coup in 2020), they now have decreed that concerts will not be banned. They demonstrated this by standing their ground when the extremists and soccer moms started demanding that Music/{{Coldplay}} not be allowed to perform in the country. Unfortunately the damage has been done and Music/TaylorSwift and Music/{{Shakira}}, alongside two anonymous boy bands, has both skipped over Malaysia for their 2023 world tours.

* With the new government regaining control of the country in 2022 (after being outed by a coup in 2020), they now have decreed that concerts will not be banned.

* Shortly following the ''[=BatB=]'' remake example above, the ''Film/PowerRangers'' film was also destined to the chopping board due to the Yellow Ranger being a lesbian. Again, after heavy barrages of lament and anger, the censors decided to leave it be, and the film was screened in full. What didn't escape, however, was the "Mighty Morphin'" part of the title being reinstated, which caused the same illiterate helicopter moms who claimed that the title would drive kids to do drugs to come out of the woodwork and protest, causing Malaysia to pick up the UK release which also removed the "Mighty Morphin'" part of the title due to similar protests being held there.

* Specific Swatch watches with rainbow prints on them are now banned after a post about them being pro-LGBTQ+ propaganda pieces blew up on social media. Swatch has came out and not only denied the connection, but also correctly saying that the government has overreacted and that they’re going to I initiate legal proceedings to retrieve the watches.

* Specific Swatch watches with rainbow prints on them are now banned after a post about them being pro-LGBTQ+ propaganda pieces blew up on social media. Swatch has came out and not only denied the connection, but also correctly saying that the government has overreacted.

* Specific Swatch watches with rainbow prints on them are now banned after a post about them being pro-LGBTQ+ propaganda pieces blew up on social media.

* A locally produced movie, ''Mentega Terbang'' (lit. ''Flying Butter'') has been banned. The movie portrays the story of a girl wanting to denounce her faith in Islam, which is considered a highly taboo topic, as legally, Malaysian Muslims are not allowed to denounce their religion and freely change beliefs due to the lack of separation of state and religion.

* [=NTV7=] cancelled their plans to air ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' upon realizing that one of the main characters is a ''flying pig''. No other channels have stepped up to pick up the show.

* A locally produced movie, ''Mentega Terbang'' (lit. ''Flying Butter'') has been banned. The movie portrays the story of a girl wanting to denounce her faith in Islam, which is considered a highly taboo topic.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' was banned upon initial release, and went straight to video and Pay TV when the ban was rescinded in 2001. Later subverted gloriously when one local theme park plays it regularly in their in-park cinema as well as on video monitors throughout the park in heavy rotation.

* While ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' wasn't outright banned (although there are episodes that are withheld from broadcast), censors rather hilariously refused to allow use the word "morphin'", largely due to outcry from helicopter mums that the word was too close to the word "morphine" and would [[InsaneTrollLogic convince young viewers to use drugs]]. The title was initially restored with the 2017 reboot film, only to be cut again several weeks later because said mummies staged a protest again.

* Any Hebrew and Yiddish-language movies (though, owing to AllJewsAreAshkenazi, not Ladino-language[[note]]a variant of Spanish spoken by Sephardic Jews, who used to live in the Iberian peninsula until they were expelled and resettled in the Balkans and North Africa[[/note]], Judæo-Arabic, etc. movies) and movies from Israel are not allowed to be shown in Malaysian cinemas due to Israel not being recognized by the Malaysian government, instead favoring for Palestine's legal recognition at Israel's expense (as opposed to a two-state solution where both would be recognized), largely due to the Gaza Strip Crisis. Even if it's dubbed in Malay. Israel [[UnknownRival doesn't return the favor]], and Malaysian stuff can be freely consumed there. However, ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' does avert this, despite the fact that the lead actress Creator/GalGadot is Israeli and was a former IDF soldier- although this is largely due to a loophole (the movie was produced by an American company).

This country might have been famous for a progressive leader[[note]]Scratch that, the progressiveness is just a farce, said leader is so backwards that he believes that the real reason for marriage is to "encourage" production of offsprings and has voiced his displeasure for the LGBTQ+ movement more than once, and has put into law policies burdening the non-Muslim population of the country[[/note]], but Malaysia is still heavily conservative when it comes to censorship considering that most of the population is Muslim. This got worse in TheNewTens as the conservative extremists became more vocal and started gaining favors with the government. While that government would be overthrown in the 2018 general elections, they managed to pull off a coup and clawed their way back into power in 2020.

* Ironically subverted for The ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}'' episode ''Pingu's Dream''. The episode was aired in its full uncensored glory including the creepy Leopard Seal by [=TV3=], scaring the crap out of Malaysian kids and some of their parents who were unlucky enough to have caught the episode. Many even revealed on Reddit that the leopard seal still gave them nightmares two decades after the episode aired.

* [[NationalGeographicNudity Nudity in non-sexual contexts]] in magazines like ''Magazine/NationalGeographic'' is censored. Much like prudish Western MoralGuardians, the censors accomplish this manually, by scribbling out the offending body parts with black markers. This includes pictures of artworks, like Creator/{{Michelangelo}}'s famous sculpture of King David. And that's for the locally-printed Malaysian edition; imported versions are banned outright, unless they can be justified as "for research purposes".

* Ironically subverted for The ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}'' episode ''Pingu's Dream''. The episode was aired in its full uncensored glory including the creepy Leopard Seal by [=TV3=], scaring the crap out of Malaysian kids and some of their parents who were unlucky enough to have caught the episode. Many even revealed on reddit that the leopard seal still gave them nightmares two decades after the episode aired.

* [[NationalGeographicNudity Nudity in non-sexual contexts]] in magazines like ''National Geographic'' is censored. Much like prudish Western MoralGuardians, the censors accomplish this manually, by scribbling out the offending body parts with black markers. This includes pictures of artworks, like Creator/{{Michelangelo}}'s famous sculpture of King David. And that's for the locally-printed Malaysian edition; imported versions are banned outright, unless they can be justified as "for research purposes".