Zunar Assistants Detained For Selling HIs Books; Those Arrested Do Not Include The Artist’s Wife

I missed out on the first part of the story that three sales assistants (two female) used by the Malaysian cartoonist Zunar were detained by authorities late last week for selling his books. I caught it here when it was made clear that one of those people was not his wife. Zunar's wife -- and I'll respect his desire not to have her named used in conjunction with this story -- was instrumental in representing her husband in public when he himself was detained a few years back.

In general, this story is heartbreaking and the action of authorities absurd. Zunar recently won a court decision about the international incident that was his own detention a few years back; for the cycle to begin in without any clear evidence of content that would incite strikes one more as political reprisal than public policy. I wish him all the best, and join the chorus of voices asking that Malaysian government representatives respect both common sense and previously established decisions of law.
 
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