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30Nov

COURT UPDATE High Court rejects travel ban challenge. 

29 Nov 2017: The Kuala Lumpur High Court has dismissed my application to challenge the travel ban, which was imposed by the Malaysian government on me on the "Special Reason" ground. The ban took place after my exhibition in Geneva in June 2016. Since then,...
05Okt

COURT UPDATE – Travel Ban Challenge

COURT UPDATE Travel ban challenge Date: 13th Oct 2017 Time: 3 pm Venue: Jalan Duta Court, Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian Government has bans Zunar from traveling oversea since June 2016. Zunar is seeking an order to quash the travel restriction Immigration Director-General, Home Minister and the government, which was informed...
19Dis

Corrupt government fears cartoons

On 17 Dec 2016, I was arrested again by the police during my fund-raising program with my fans. The police confiscated more than 1,000 books which involved twelve (12) titles, causing losses of estimated RM30,000. I was taken to the police station and investigated under...
30Nov

Cops question Zunar over ‘chicken piggybanks’ with GLC names

Free Malaysia Today KUALA LUMPUR: Cartoonist and activist Zunar has come under investigation once again by the police for one of his cartoon drawings. The cartoon in dispute this time depicts five chickens drawn to look like piggybanks being “broken”. Each piggybank is labelled with the names...
02Ogo

Condemning the detention of Maznah, the dog trainer

The video by dog trainer Maznah Mohd Yusof has generated controversies and has been considered as offensive to Muslims. In any work of creative satire, one cannot avoid offending certain parties, but one must be prepared to receive feedbacks and criticisms. As such, everyone is free to...
15Jul

CNN Indonesia

CNN Indonesia 4 July 2015 Ditahan Mengkritik Pemerintah, Kartunis Malaysia: Ini Risiko Oleh: Ranny Virginia Utami Kesembilan tuduhan ini, menurut Zunar, adalah salah satu bentuk tindakan pemerintah untuk merepresi dirinya. Ia yakin, dirinya tidak mungkin lolos dari sembilan tuduhan tersebut, namun ia percaya bahwa dirinya tidak sendiri.
28Nov

CARTOON-O-PHOBIA – 20 cartoons that scare the Malaysian government

These cartoons were exhibited in Penang, Malaysia on 25 November 2016, Zunar has been attacked by pro government thugs at the exhibition venue. On the following day, he was arrested by the police and locked up under the Sedition Act and The Penal Code. He...
30Nov

Cartoon book as a ‘gift’ to Malaysian judges

28 Nov 2013: Zunar has sent his latest cartoon book, "Pirates of the Carry-BN" a special 'gift' to Court Appeal Judges who presided over his case early November. He personally delivered the gift to the registration counter at the Palace Of Justice building in...