Zunar Exhibit Attacked By Pro-Government Thugs; Arrested

The great Malaysian cartoonist and free-speech lightning rod Zunar sent out the following letter earlier today about his exhibition being assaulted by those that supported the Malaysian government, members of whom on the police end of things have been rigorously and regularly harassing him both physically and through the courts.

"I was attacked by pro-government thugs

"Today -- 25th Nov 2016 -- I was forced to call off my exhibition in Penang, 4 hour drive north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia due to an attack by pro government thugs. I was verbally abused, physically attacked, and my artworks were vandalized.

"More than 30 thugs stormed into my newly launched exhibition in a public area. They were aggressive, hostile and abusive. Some of them assaulted me. I was fortunate that a few members of public came to my rescue. The few policemen who turned up were unable to control the thugs and they had to call in the anti-riot unit.

"The thugs demanded that I take down the exhibition and some of them proceeded to destroy my artworks.

"This adds to the list of harassment I received through the years."

The full letter, including a most-recent-events statement and general timeline can be found here:

ZunarFullStatementAsPDF.pdf

As always, we pledge our full support to the artist and find the actions mounted against him deplorable.

Update: The artist was subsequently arrested. His wife released a full statement from the detained artist.

ZunarStatement1126AfterBeingDetained.pdf

Surely there is more to come.
 
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