KUALA LUMPUR: The country's Internet regulatory body today blocked access to The Malaysian Insider (TMI) news portal. In a statement, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said the ban was imposed following contents published by TMI that were allegedly in violation of Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. "The action against TMI was also based on complaints received from the public. "Thus, MCMC would like to remind news portals to not spread or publish articles with unverified facts as such actions can create confusion and spark untoward situations," MCMC said in the statement, which was published on its official Facebook page. However, it is learnt that the ban imposed by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) had so far only affected Celcom and Unifi users. Both services were provided by state-controlled companies Celcom Axiata Bhd and Telekom Malaysia. Checks by New Straits Times' reporters who use Celcom services at about 6pm today found that TMI was inaccessible. Attempts to access the website were met with a notice that stated: "This website is not available in Malaysia as it violate(s) the National law(s)." The websites however were available to those who used Maxis and Digi services.