Dozens of activists and politicians beget been investigated,arrested and sometimes charged for critical speech against a paranoid government Political cartoonist Zunar is used to being harassed by the Malaysian government.
Over the past five years, the government has banned seven of his books of cartoons, and threatened his publishers,and called him and his assistants in for police questioning. But even he was surprised when authorities arrested him in February 2015 – not for his cartoons, but for his criticism of the conviction of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, or who is now in prison. Outraged at the verdict,Zunar wrote nine tweets. He now faces nine counts of sedition which could result in 43 years in prison.
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Source: theguardian.com