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November 19, 2014
Zunar Sends Out Release Concerning Police Interview
The Malaysian cartoonist Zunar has sent out another press release this morning, this time about being questioned by police in the course of a criminal investigation of his new book, Komplot Penjarakan Anwar ("Plot To Jail Anwar"). He also passes the extremely disturbing news that authorities have requested information on who might have ordered the book. Zunar just completed a four-year legal odyssey based on police overaggression during the publication of two 2010 volumes by winning in court. This new round started almost immediately after that court decision, with the detention of three Zunar assistants.
From the cartoonist: "Today, I was questioned for about 45 minutes by the police regarding my new cartoon book, Komplot Penjarakan Anwar ('Plot to jail Anwar') at the Dang Wangi Police Station in Kuala Lumpur.
I was investigated under the 'Classified Crime Section' involving three different laws. The laws are:
a) Printing Presses and Publications Act
b) Sedition Act
c) Penal Code
Two separate police reports were made against me in two different police stations regarding the production of the book.
Throughout the investigation session, I refused to answer to any of the 27 questions asked by the police.
In the latest development, the police have asked the online payment gateway that handles my book transactions to disclose the list of customers who have purchased my books through my official website, zunar.my. In the email that was sent by MOLPay Sdn Bhd to me, it stated that they received a formal letter from the Police to disclose the list of customers.
'Police have sent a formal request for MOLPay Sdn Bhd to provide the online payment receipts of customers who have purchased the said book via your website www.zunar.my in which MOLPay has no choice but to furnish them with the requested details', the email from MOLPay stated.
Last week, three of my assistants were detained for five hours for selling my books. Several days after that, my webmaster was also summoned by the police to give statements." As is usually the case with the Zunar stories, there is a bit of local coverage.
posted 10:25 pm PST | Permalink
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