Malaysia: Cartoonist arrested for “sedition”

28 Sep 2010

A cartoonist is under investigation on suspicion of sedition. Zulkifli Awar Ulhaque, more commonly known as Zunar, was arrested on 26 September just hours before the launch of his new book — a collection of satirical political cartoons. Zunar was released on bail, but has gone into hiding for fear of being detained under the Internal Security Act. Most of the drawings in Zunar’s book Cartoon-O-Phobia have already been published on popular news site Malaysiakini, to which the cartoonist is a regular contributor.

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