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03-28-2016, 12:53 PM
Malaysia's Banksy makes a clown of Prime Minister, netizens follow suit
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When Malaysian artist and activist Fahmi Reza, first started making clown parodies of Malaysia's prime minister Najib Razak, little did he k**w people will start comparing him to re**wned graffiti artist, Banksy.
According to AFP, Fahmi started posting clown caricatures of Razak back in January (http://www.france24.com/en/20160328-malaysian-punk-artist-clowns-with-scandal-hit-leader?ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_linkname=editorial&aef_campaign_ref=partage_aef&aef_campaign_date=2016-03-28&dlvrit=66745) following the latter's repeated attempts at thwarting investigations into his corruption allegations.
SEE ALSO: Acclaimed DJ swears off returning to Zouk Singapore, blames Malaysian premier's son (http://mashable.com/2016/03/08/aly-fila-zouk-malaysia/)
Since then, Fahmi's images have gone viral, and many Malaysian netizens angered by the government's lack of action, have banded together to share versions of the **w infamous clown imagery. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/28/malaysia-prime-minister-clown/)
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When Malaysian artist and activist Fahmi Reza, first started making clown parodies of Malaysia's prime minister Najib Razak, little did he k**w people will start comparing him to re**wned graffiti artist, Banksy.
According to AFP, Fahmi started posting clown caricatures of Razak back in January (http://www.france24.com/en/20160328-malaysian-punk-artist-clowns-with-scandal-hit-leader?ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_linkname=editorial&aef_campaign_ref=partage_aef&aef_campaign_date=2016-03-28&dlvrit=66745) following the latter's repeated attempts at thwarting investigations into his corruption allegations.
SEE ALSO: Acclaimed DJ swears off returning to Zouk Singapore, blames Malaysian premier's son (http://mashable.com/2016/03/08/aly-fila-zouk-malaysia/)
Since then, Fahmi's images have gone viral, and many Malaysian netizens angered by the government's lack of action, have banded together to share versions of the **w infamous clown imagery. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/28/malaysia-prime-minister-clown/)
More about Malaysia (http://mashable.com/category/malaysia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and World (http://mashable.com/world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/hAuugwRtmGs