Published on 12:00 AM, February 21, 2018
Malaysian artist jailed for caricature of PM
Afp, Kuala Lumpur
A Malaysian artist was jailed for a month yesterday for publishing a caricature of scandal-plagued Prime Minister Najib Razak looking like a clown, the latest government critic to be imprisoned. Fahmi Reza's picture of the premier wearing powder-white clown make-up, with evilly arched eyebrows and blood-red lips, went viral and the image was widely used in demonstrations against Najib.
Top Stories