KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15 -- Graphic artist and activist Fahmi Reza has secured the High Court's permission to seek a judicial review against an alleged travel ban imposed on him.

Free Malaysia Today reported that Justice Aliza Sulaiman allowed the 48-year-old to proceed with his application, setting the next case management for October 30. Senior federal counsel Faisal Noor raised no objections.

Fahmi is challenging an alleged decision by authorities to bar him from travelling abroad on June 7, and the apparent placement of his name on a movement monitoring list maintained by the police and Immigration Department. The list subjects those named to questioning each time they attempt to leave the country.

The activist has named the inspector...