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According to MCMC, it was the collectively decision taken by the Jawatankuasa Penyelarasan Pemantauan Siaran Televisyen dan Radio Awam dan Swasta (JKPPSTRAS), which comprises representatives from 14 ministries, including the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, Ministry of Information, the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) and the Censor Board.

The Coordinating Committee for the Monitoring of Public and Private Television and Radio Broadcasting (JKPPSTRAS) decided that the TV3 programme did not reflect moral characteristics and good values practised in the country, and that it was against the concept of Islam Hadhari.

The Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications, which chaired the JKPPSTRAS meeting on February 16, abides by the decision, and industry regulator MCMC is empowered to execute the decision.

Media Prima CEO informed of ban via letter

Incidentally, MCMC says it has conveyed the JKPPSTRAS decision to the CEO of Media Prima Network in a letter dated February 23, 2007, and MCMC had issued a related press statement on the same day.

However, TV3 personnel refuted the ban in media reports dated February 24.

Subsequently, actress Rosnah Mat Aris who made a controversial remark that landed TV3 in hot soup has asked people, through Mingguan Malaysia yesterday (Feb 25), not to blame her for the authority's censure of Sensasi.

"Kalau tidak ada soalan, tidaklah ada jawapan. Cuma mungkin, baik saya mahupun pihak pengacara telah membuat kenyataan dan mengeluarkan soalan tanpa menyedari sensitiviti," she said.

The Star & mStar both accurate

For the record, both The Star and mStar had been accurate in their earlier reports on the matter with headlines that said Sensasi has been banned..

And it's one up for MCMC for asserting the importance of the Rule of Law.