The artist whose clown caricature of the Malaysian prime minister went viral earlier this year faced a judge on Monday over his drawings.
Malaysian graphic artist Fahmi Reza pleaded not guilty to charges of violating the country’s multimedia laws for posting online content to “annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass.”
Reza started drawing prime minister Najib Razak in clown makeup at the start of the year. By March, one of his original drawings carrying the phrase “dalam negara yang penuh dengan korupsi, kita semua penghasut” (in a country filled with corruption, we are all seditious) inspired a larger viral movement online. Read more…
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