The (ironically designed) Barison Nasional (National Front) flag (above).Last August, National Front officials in Malaysia confiscated over 400 copies of political cartoonist Zunar (Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque)'s magazine Gedung Karton.
Now the Home Ministry of Malaysia, under questionable pretenses, has banned three more of Zunar's books: 1Funny Malaysia, Perak Darul Kartun, and Isu Dalam Kartun (IDK), issuing the statement "The contents were not suitable and detrimental to public order".
Read more about The Barison Nasional's harrassment of Zunar and his publishing company here: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/news/general/7380-you-can-ban-my-books-not-my-mind-
Journalists and writers' groups condemn the banning of Zunar's cartoon compilations: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/news/general/7387-groups-want-comical-ban-lifted
Lunch with Zunar and his wife, Fazlina: http://anilnetto.com/malaysian-politics/meet-cartoonist-extraordinaire-zunar-and-blogger-fazlina/
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