Malaysian punk group's artful protests are getting harder for authorities to ig**re
 

Malaysian punk group's artful protests are getting harder for authorities to ig**re
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RANAU, Malaysia — In a rural area of the Malaysian island of Borneo, a punk group gathers around a massive print of a Snakes and Ladders board game on the floor of their art studio.*On his knees, Jerome Manjat presses an inked piece of Li** onto a blank square. Lifts it. Emblazoned in red ink is the Prime Minister, Najib Razak, depicted as a clown.

Malaysian authorities have been trying to censor this image ever since it was first tweeted by artist, Fahmi Reza back in January but the members of the Pangrok Sulap art collective don’t care. They want to defy the government’s increasing use of the sedition law to gag artists. Read more...


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