KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms ( META )

has restored Facebook posts by Malaysian media covering Prime

Minister Anwar Ibrahim's meeting this week with a Hamas leader,

saying they were removed in error.

The removal had drawn complaints from Malaysia's government,

a vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause and which has warned

that firm action could be taken against Meta and other social

media companies if they were blocking pro-Palestinian content on

their platforms.

Anwar met Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in Qatar on Monday. He

later stressed that though he had good relations with the

group's political leaders, he had no involvement in its military

apparatus.

Muslim-majority Malaysia had sent a letter asking Meta to

explain the taking down of posts by two media organisations

about the meeting, as well as the closure of a Facebook account

last month belonging to a third outlet, the Malaysia Gazette,

which covers Palestinian issues.

"Two posts were removed in error and have now been

restored," a Meta spokesperson said in an email to Reuters.

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil, who is also the

government's spokesperson, condemned the removal of the posts on

Wednesday, accusing U.S. organisations of not respecting the

freedom of media outlets.

The Malaysia Gazette said on Wednesday that its appeal to

Facebook to reactivate the account had been accepted and is now

operational again.

Malaysia has long advocated a two-state solution to the

conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

Meta has said it does not deliberately suppress voices on

its Facebook platform, adding there was "no truth" to the claim

it was restricting content supporting the Palestinians.

Meta designates Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement

that governs Gaza, as a "dangerous organisation" and bans

content praising the group. It also uses a mix of automated

detection and human review to remove or label graphic visuals.