Zunar exhibit disrupted & cancelled

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Zunar tweets us to say that his most recent public exhibit of cartoons in the Komtar Penang mall was disrupted by pro-government protestors earlier today:

The situation deteriorated to the point where police in riot gear were required to intervene:

In an interview with Free Malaysia Today he confirms that he has cancelled the show outright.

As readers of our blog know well, Zunar is currently prohibited from leaving Malaysia. A long time critic of Prime Minister Najib Razak, Zunar will formally challenge the legality of the state’s sedition act in January. If successful he will avoid a further trial for nine counts of sedition and a possible prison sentence of over forty years. Unable to travel elsewhere but determined to continue his cartooning career, speaking truth to power and facing a hostile regime, regrettable incidents like this one become more likely.

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