 Undeterred by government pressure, he published the novel "Bagaimana Anyss Naik Ke Langit" with independent publisher DuBook Press that tells of the fate of an academic-activist who fights for the rights of the Penan people.Faisal also wrote a poem titled "Di Tembok Berlin" on the same year,which was dedicated to Chris Gueffroy, the last victim of the Berlin Wall who was killed on 5 February 1989.The poem was translated into German as "An der Berliner Mauer" by Hedy Holzwarth, Holger Warnke, and Volker Wolf in the "Kuala Lumpur-Berlin" anthology released by ITBM.