{"id":4181,"date":"2016-06-07T18:42:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T10:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/07\/malaysias-banksy-charged-for-his-drawing-of-the-prime-minister-as-a-clown\/"},"modified":"2016-06-07T18:42:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T10:42:10","slug":"malaysias-banksy-charged-for-his-drawing-of-the-prime-minister-as-a-clown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/07\/malaysias-banksy-charged-for-his-drawing-of-the-prime-minister-as-a-clown\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia's 'Banksy' charged for his drawing of the prime minister as a clown"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The artist whose clown caricature of the Malaysian prime minister went viral earlier this year faced a judge on Monday over his drawings.<\/p>\n

Malaysian graphic artist Fahmi Reza pleaded not guilty to charges<\/a> of violating the country’s multimedia laws for posting online content to “annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass.”<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: Malaysia to block critics of government from leaving the country for 3 years<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Reza started drawing prime minister <\/span>Najib Razak in clown makeup<\/a> 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.<\/span> Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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