The editor of the controversial book “Rebirth: Reformasi, Resistance, And Hope in New Malaysia”, with a cover that allegedly insulted the country's coat-of-arms, or 'Jata Negara', was found to have left the country since January.

Bukit Aman Criminal Investigations Department (CID) director Huzir Mohamed said a police check on his travel document found that the man, who is a Malaysian citizen, had left the country on...